Seth Crocker

Gay Christian. Passionate about faith, marginalized populations, and mental health.

[chuck degroat @chuckdegroat]

The language of "trauma-informed" is used a lot today. In this piece over at @missioalliance, a former student and friend @cherylyou talks about the journey of becoming a trauma-informed pastor. A really helpful article! https://t.co/Ja4kC7rDn0

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

At a time when acceptance was hard to find for LGBTQ+ students, @Tim_Walz knew the signal it would send for a football coach to get involved in the Gay Straight Alliance.

So he signed on to be the group’s faculty advisor.

[Seth Crocker @DrSetherson]

Beautiful. It’s wild how so many Christians will likely be offended by this act of providing safety for queer students and yet how Christlike it was.

[Human Rights Campaign Rapid Response @HRC]

This beautiful story touches so many of us, Governor @Tim_Walz. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.

[Jeb Ralston @Jeb_R]

Going to church alone, sitting alone, etc.: a tremendous burden for many (probably more than one might expect). There's a certain discipline, single-heartedness, and faith that many of these folks emit radiantly.

[Seth Crocker @DrSetherson]

@chuckdegroat I started working with Josh Proctor at Wholly Ourselves for my spiritual direction. I believe he’s in the process of completing his doctorate. https://t.co/bCICf6NN1k

[Nate Postlethwait @nate_postlethwt]

To those who will never get the apology: I’m sorry they had the confidence to hurt you, and the cowardice to ignore it’s impact. Please continue to heal without them.

[chuck degroat @chuckdegroat]

The higher up we go in leadership, the greater the level of maturity is required. As people step into progressively wider spheres of influence and greater responsibility, unresolved issues in their inner lives will inevitably be exposed. Immaturity rooted in unresolved issues from their histories will reveal itself sooner or later. As much as we all wish leaders would arrive on our doorsteps as maturely formed, peak performers, that is rarely what actually happens.

@petescazzero

[Dr. Thema @drthema]

You will be invited to enter old patterns many times.

I hope you decline every time.

You’re worthy of new beginnings which require new decisions.

[Jeb Ralston @Jeb_R]

Probably shouldn't be totally surprised that the decline of the virtue of hospitality has resulted in shifting architectural priorities.

[Chris Damian @CDamianWrites]

I do think there is something about all this that should make LGBTQ people feel empowered. We are here, and we are meant to live real lives. We can give ourselves freedom in figuring that out. We should feel liberated in ignoring people that don’t have a positive project for us.

[Mason Mennenga @masonmennenga]

i hope that the noah’s ark replica that ken ham built is having a great pride month

[Seth Crocker @DrSetherson]

I hope you find the people who foster safety for you while you figure out your path and as you seek to find peace with God and your spirit.

[Seth Crocker @DrSetherson]

You may feel pressured to pick a side or compartmentalize yourself to the point you don’t know what your true values are anymore. It takes resilience to name both parts of your identity and to do the work of pursuing integrity in the ways you feel convicted.

[Seth Crocker @DrSetherson]

The queer Christian experience can feel like navigating no man’s land with little support to implicit or outright hostility from both Christians and the secular LGBTQ+ community. You might not feel Christian enough in church or queer enough in rainbow spaces.

[Seth Crocker @DrSetherson]

I don’t post a lot here anymore, but I’m doing a series on enhancing relational skills for LGBTQ+/SSA people on my Instagram account (same handle as X) for Pride month. I’m planning to focus special attention on dynamics within the queer Christian community.

[Diane Langberg, PhD @DianeLangberg]

No one is ruined in a crisis whose moral fiber has not already been weakened in private and in the ordinary. Crisis will always reveal character.  — Oswald Chambers

[Carlos A. Rodríguez @CarlosHappyNPO]

Transphobia in the name of Jesus, is still transphobia.

Homophobia in the name of Jesus, is still homophobia.

Discrimination in the name of Jesus, is still discrimination.

Own your hatred.
Don’t ruin Jesus with it.

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

How can you tell the difference between the conviction of the Holy Spirit & the condemnation of the evil one (or our own thoughts)?

Here’s one way:

Conviction leads to a greater longing to love better.

Condemnation has us focus on how unlovable we are.

[Jayce Long @JayceLong]

Some alternatives to “negative” emotions:

Painful
Unpleasant
Difficult
Unbearable
Distressing
Intolerable
Uncomfortable

[Rebeccah Heinrichs @RLHeinrichs]

More horrifying details about Russia’s persecution of Christians in Ukraine in this piece. It’s no wonder so many Americans are clear about the nature of the Russian threat and its opposition to the West, despite the amount of disinformation. https://t.co/8KrOVHefxw