The devil doesn’t look like red lights and songs about sex. He looks like a trusted pastor telling you he’s sorry, he’s not going to report your attacker to the police, your attacker is just too important to the ministry — and are you sure the attack wasn’t really your fault?

I agree with Luke

Going back 20+ years, Nouwen shaped my own understanding of the Christian faith in formative ways. Makes so much sense to read this now.

This thread. This is key.

1. So, I recently took a trip out to North Idaho. I was tracking down rumors about Christian nationalism(s) rising in the region. But I wasn't prepared for just how *big* it'd become, how powerful it is in the state, and how it may impact the future GOP. religionnews.com/2023/02/22/how…

1/ So the Dominion lawsuit depositions from Rupert Murdoch and Fox News are lighting up the Internet tonight, and there's a true frenzy over the revelations that the entire network, even the performative nightside trio of terror. They knew Trump lost. They knew there...

It's time for Congress to secure protections for LGTBQI+ Americans once and for all by passing the Equality Act. No one should ever face discrimination or live in fear because of who they are or whom they love.

How very un-Christian.

This has been my experience too.

Please please be aware that “Biblical Counseling” is not therapy. If you want counseling that is inclusive of your faith, find a licensed therapist who is also a Christian. But stay away from “biblical counseling.”

“Done with CNN”

If a group keeps you wound up all the time, it may be time to ask yourself why you’re staying. “I’m fighting for it!” Perhaps but the point at which your resentment toward many of them begins to choke out your love, you already lost. Unless, of course, what you love is to fight.

One parent could get my poetry banned from classrooms. And yet one country can't ban assault rifles from massacring them.

(sigh)