When Jesus was tempted, scripture flowed from his lips. When Jesus was challenged, scripture flowed from his lips. When Jesus was crucified, scripture flowed from his lips. One of the ways to live like Jesus is to internalize scripture, so that when we are cut, it spills out.

Jesus will never: Hurt you. Betray you. Manipulate you. Abuse you. Send mixed messages. Keep you guessing about where you stand with him. Send your brain spiraling, wondering if you are good enough, or if you belong. All other love is a broken version of his.

When it’s cold you can see the song.

Every year on #MLK birthday, I read Letter From a Birmingham Jail. Instead of memes, actually read the man's magistral work. It's free. It will deeply change you. africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/L…

The Cincinnati Cincinnati Bengals beat BOTH the Chiefs AND the worst coin toss/overtime rules in major league sports. Underdogs in both, and THEY DID IT!! 🧡🖤🧡

If you know you are Beloved of God, you can live with an enormous amount of success and an enormous amount of failure without losing your identity, because your identity is that you are the Beloved. - Henri Nouwen.

"In trauma, the access to speech is, in many cases, limited, and this loss of speech intensities the trauma sufferer's sense of isolation. ...the recovery of narrative is an integral part of trauma healing." -Shelly Rambo, Spirit and Trauma Art by: Quick Brown Fox

The same bible that tells us to "rejoice always" has a book called Lamentations. We don’t have to choose one from the other. Good, healthy Christian faith is non-dualistic, able to hold multiple tensions together.

Why I love Jesus: He heals deep wounds. He helps me forgive. He brings true joy and laughter. He helps me love. He gives me a voice.

Suffering runs deep. God's love runs deeper. Shame runs deep. God's love runs deeper. Sin runs deep. God's love runs deeper.

It was a GREAT book club meeting tonight! ❤️

Twitter is just a Pawnee town hall

Leadership like Jesus is stunningly different from the focus on the grand and great leader we often find in churches today. Leadership in the name of Jesus is a regressive leadership — a leadership that goes back, stoops and willingly becomes small.

This is why Diane Langberg, PhD is a necessary prophetic voice. If only we would truly see the reality of evil rather than justifying or excusing it.

“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.” Proverbs 31:8,9