“Grief is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give but cannot. All of that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.”

'My wife doesn't work' poster (c.1976) by See Red Women's Workshop, London #WomensArt

the best way i can describe the experience of love is that i ADORE the way my dog smells bad

More reasons to support local businesses and not amazon.

Men telling women they aren’t allowed to preach the Gospel when Scripture says that Jesus purposefully chose a woman (Mary Magdalene) to be the very first Gospel preacher clearly demonstrates that patriarchy has always been power, not biblical faithfulness.

i love small offbeat museums that were clearly opened bc someone had a little bit of money, time, and obsessive passion for a weird/obscure subject…. especially if it’s run out of a house or a storefront

I keep hearing stories of Pastors shocked their congregants support Trumpism. They preached the Bible and God's love for years and can't believe what's being revealed. Sermon-centric Church life is a big part of the problem. It's not doing the discipleship work you think it is.

passing time #Chicago

But have we tried just like focusing on the family?!

me as soon as that first day of crisp autumn air hits

make me ready, Lord, for whatever

I don’t want America to be a Christian nation. Christian Nationalism is toxic and abusive, and nations can’t be Christian anyway. I just want Christians in America to live and love like Jesus.

if u disengage with the news and learn to cook 2-3 things really well and then feed it to your friends your life becomes 100x better

Guess if they stole the sign our sister church no longer believes these things. Is that was the culprit was thinking? This only makes us stronger.

We're restoring our stain glass window! More info here:bit.ly/3CBD8Pz

“It's a sit down by the fire and be snuggly day It's a cloudy day Read out loudy day It's a better wear your sweater and be dowdy day It's a day to cuddle up with a chocolate cookie”

You can learn a lot about a person based on 4 impressions: 1) How they treat wait staff, service industry, & hospitality industry folks. 2) How they relate to children. 3) How they treat animals. 4) What they do with shopping carts. 🙂

Intentions matter. Have good and positive intentions behind whatever you are doing and it has no choice but to be successful. I’ve found that when your intentions are pure you are always happy with that results.

“If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.”