Meredith Ball 🏀

Learning to lean into paradox & uncertainty. Practicing grace. Raging moderate. For such a time as the era of AC, I was placed upon the earth. GCTS ‘21 & ‘24.

[Karen Swallow Prior (Notorious KSP) @KSPrior]

Free speech for me but not for thee.

[Meredith Ball 🏀 @MeriMackBNA]

No one in 2015 had “Barack Obama recommends we all read a piece by David French” on their bingo card. But here we are.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

First there’s this piece by David French, who devoted much of his legal career to defending the First Amendment rights of conservative writers and scholars
https://t.co/V8VzYAnJw8

[Diane Langberg, PhD @DianeLangberg]

Every time we treat someone with dignity rather than shame, respect rather than disregard, concern rather than exploitation, kindness rather than brutality and careful attention rather than turning away – we are doing things that are the reverse of trauma and evil.

[Keith Plummer @XianMind]

“Beware of the habits we learn in controversy.” -Francis Schaeffer

[Meredith Ball 🏀 @MeriMackBNA]

Idk but maybe we should start practicing our synchronized diving

[Fernando Ortega @Ferndiggity]

A timely word from N.T. Wright who is a gift to the church in the 21st Century . . .

[Meredith Ball 🏀 @MeriMackBNA]

A political convention but where everyone holds their applause till the end

[chuck degroat @chuckdegroat]

You can have a therapist and still be unaware of your relational impact.

You can know your Enneagram type and still be a deeply dysregulated and dysregulating person.

You can write and speak on kindness and still be profoundly unkind.

Stay curious.

[Meredith Ball 🏀 @MeriMackBNA]

I’m not sure what the transfer portal is, but I’m thinking of entering it.

[Meredith Ball 🏀 @MeriMackBNA]

If someone says “gentle reminder,” they are definitely about to say something ungentle.

[Rachel Joy Welcher @racheljwelcher]

How do your days look different than what you imagined they would be?

In what ways are they even more beautiful?

[Meredith Ball 🏀 @MeriMackBNA]

No one:

SBC: Women can’t do stuff!!

[Pastor Jamie @JamieHolt]

Everytime the LCMS studies a topic we discover that we were right! How neat is that?

[Lecrae @lecrae]

True story I’ve only been star struck by Michael Jordan, Jay-Z, and Tim Keller. There are things he’s shared that have changed me forever.

[chuck degroat @chuckdegroat]

One good thing Twitter has done is level the playing field so that everyone has a voice. But that doesn’t equate to competence, capacity, expertise, experience.

There are many of us who worked long and hard to get graduate degrees and licensure as clinicians. But many are also taking shortcuts these days, calling themselves counselors or spiritual directors or coaches, even charging for it absent degrees, certification, licensure, ethical standards, and accountability.

Be wise about who you listen to and who you receive care from. We’re living in a time where social media “experts”abound, with large followings, looking to build businesses, not care for souls.

Discern well!

[Meredith Ball 🏀 @MeriMackBNA]

Shamed people shame people. -Curt Thompson

[chuck degroat @chuckdegroat]

Emotional maturity is, at least in part, the capacity to hold multiple emotions at the same time. Don’t gaslight yourself into thinking you’ve always got to have one clear feeling about something. People are complex. Relationships are complex. Grow in your capacity to hold both.

[Meredith Ball 🏀 @MeriMackBNA]

You’ve heard of emotional support animals? This is my emotional distress animal.

[Meredith Ball 🏀 @MeriMackBNA]

The problem with Publix is all the cool stuff they put on the end caps.