Garrett Flatt

healthcare chaplain. poet. meditator. aiming to be more of a healer than a thinker

[Garrett Flatt @G_Flatt]

"All friendships of any length are based on a continued, mutual forgiveness. Without tolerance and mercy all friendships die." David Whyte

I witnessed some beautifully tragic deathbed forgiveness and I wonder how to have compassion for the living like we have for the dead

[Garrett Flatt @G_Flatt]

Being on social media always quickly reminds me that often the wisest speech is often silent, complete attention.

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@mcgeejm Which pairs well with Thich Nhat Hanh’s “The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention.”

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I don’t know when y’all reading (or writing) books

The only time that’s remotely personal for me is commuting on a bus or jogging, when I can listen to books/podcasts

[Economic Policy Institute @EconomicPolicy]

According to a new survey, 74% of likely voters approve of the worker strikes. This comes after a recent Gallup poll found that 65% of Americans approve of labor unions—the highest percentage in 16 years.

Workers are fed up and demanding change. https://t.co/A3R1gyQCxo

[Bridget Eileen Rivera @TravelingNun]

Xn sexual ethics in the early church were *liberating.* They affirmed the equal value, status, & dignity of women, celebrated sexual minorities (eunuchs), rebuked a culture of rampant rape & molestation, tore town the centrality of marriage, & replaced it w/ the body of Christ.

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@Jackie_April_3 Yes that’s definitely the image to represent the working class citizen

???

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@Ashley_Dargai Sending emails without attachment is basic policy in Buddhist communities

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Not unlike when people ask chaplains how they got into chaplaincy.

It wasn’t looking in a profession catalogue.

It was suffering. (and the love that befriended it)

[Garrett Flatt @G_Flatt]

Daycare closed at least part of the next week (COVID exposure for someone, no one positive) 😭 all the policies mandate closure but the government doesn’t mandate more PTO to cover this, tell me why we put up with labor laws in this country

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Got sent this liturgies for everything type book very kindly by some family but it has a liturgy for employees and one “for those who employ others” and as a socialist I must object that it’s not simply James 5 or Mary’s “send the rich away empty”

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@Jackie_April_3 🤣 but really Hocus Pocus is probably my favorite Halloween movie

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Yes, but how would I have listened through Rothfuss’ two fantasy epics twice without my children keeping me up at night?

(They were good listening when I was exhausted and had to keep myself up those first 2-3 months)

[Garrett Flatt @G_Flatt]

“The most beautiful part of your body
is where it’s headed. & remember,
loneliness is still a time spent
with the world. Here’s
the room with everyone in it.
Your dead friends passing
through you like wind
through a wind chime…”

Ocean Vuong

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@MelissaFloBix @RevRachelK I assume he is not here advocating a Maoist dialectical process position, as exciting as that would be

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“If I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.” 1 Cor 13:2

Of all that you know and can do—can you simply love all who appear before you today?

[Garrett Flatt @G_Flatt]

I don’t believe in superheroes but I do believe in solidarity.

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@quasiaesthete what’s a bit crazy is I find Being and Time more readable than many commentaries on it

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*reading construction site kids book with my 2.5 yr old son*

“How many workers are there?”
“1, 2, 3, 4, 5!!”

“How many capitalists are there?”
*looks puzzled*

“Exactly.”

:) #instillingvalues

[Garrett Flatt @G_Flatt]

I don’t think

“blessed are those who hunger and thirst after justice”

is talking about billionaires