“The good news is that we need not bear our own guilt…We don’t believe that our sin marks the end of the story of our life with God. But God has over some your sin through the life, death, and resurrection of His Son.” - Wesley Hill #Revoice22
If you're having a hard day, ask, "How can I love my self today?"
It might be:
- eating a good meal
- taking the next responsible step at work
- journaling
- letting the tears flow
- calling someone
- setting yourself up to get to the gym tomorrow
- planning ahead for next week
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
- James 3:17
“Celibacy…is a sort of lifelong street theater constantly trying to raise questions in peoples minds about the deeper meaning of their own existence.” - Henri Nouwen, Clowning in Rome
Journalism is not a crime. We join @RepAndyLevin and @bryanfenster in urging the immediate release of journalist Danny Fenster from detainment in Myanmar and thank heroic organizations like @pressfreedom for fighting to protect journalists everywhere -- #BringDannyHome
In building muscle, we subject ourselves to being broken down so we can be stronger for ourselves and even help people in their strength-building.
The same is true of our spirits. A crushed spirit, if subjected to the terrible hope of future strength, is not crushed in vain.
Did you know that according to traditional Christian teaching the vast majority of sexually active *straight* evangelicals are unrepentant sodomites?
In fact, sodomy is traditionally a sin that mostly heterosexual people do. It’s not by definition a gay thing.