if a christian’s understanding of the gospel isn’t “good news to the poor, proclaim freedom for the prisoners, set the oppressed free, and proclaim the year of the jubilee” then it isn’t the gospel jesus proclaimed
The American Medical Association voted to adopt a new policy on Tuesday encouraging doctors not to rely only on body mass index, a long-used but potentially misleading metric, when assessing weight and health. https://t.co/GEa1gXB6RG
a blessing for the life you didn't choose
Blessed are you when the shock subsides,
when vaguely, you see a line appear that divides before and after.
You didn’t draw it, and can barely even make it out.
But as surely as minutes add up to hours and days,
here you are,
forced into a story you never would have written.
Blessed are you in the tender place of wonder and dread,
Wondering how to be whole when dreams have disappeared and part of you with them,
where mastery, control, determination, bootstrapping, and grit,
are consigned to the realm of before (where most of the world lives),
in the fever dream that promises infinite choices, unlimited progress, best life now.
Blessed are we in the after, loudly shouting: is there anybody here?
We hear the echo, the shuffle of feet, the murmur of others
asking the same question, together in the knowledge
that we are far beyond what we know.
Show us a glimmer of possibility in this new constraint,
that small truths will be given back to us.
We are held.
We are safe.
We are loved.
We are loved.
We are loved.
And best of all: We are not alone.
Huge vouch, such a treat to put this together for him! For any new players that might be intimidated by "big names", Justin is extremely friendly and I guarantee you'll get so much out of it!
maybe if we stopped praying for some sort of "the real gun control was inside us all along" miracle and started praying for the courage and the will to take action (prayers that we actually follow up with work) people wouldn't roll their eyes when we say we're praying.
i get why Christians get sensitive about "thoughts and prayers are not enough" chants but then i think about c.s. lewis' quote about how we don't pray to change God, we pray to change ourselves. people are dismissive of our prayers because we offer dismissive prayers. [1/2]
From @brotherjones_ on the ground in Nashville— the Tennessee legislator is planning to expel lawmakers who stood with gun control advocates today.
They have been stripped from committee assignments and their member ID’s have been shut off.
THIS IS NOT DEMOCRACY.
The best. The weirdest. The most supportive. Being your partner is the best way I could imagine spending my life and it’s such a blast being on this journey with you.
Happiest birthday Crag 🐳💙🌵