Rev. Julian DeShazier | J.Kwest

JuJu. Chicago. Rapper hands. Pastor heart. Senior Pastor, University Church. Jeopardy aspirant.

más: [email protected]

[Rev. Julian DeShazier | J.Kwest @PureKwest]

Bam scores 83 and it was the 2nd best thing to happen in sports today ⚾⚾⚾

[Rob Friedman @PitchingNinja]

When David slayed Goliath.

5'8", 165-lb electrician Ondřej Satoria strikes out Shohei Ohtani on three pitches.

Fastest pitch: 79 mph.

[theChristianCentury @ChristianCent]

“It is a broken institution, this empire, and as a Black man I have come to trust its brokenness almost like clockwork. So for me, placing even a sliver of my spirit into this realm is a fool’s game—or worse, idolatry.”

– @PureKwest

https://t.co/hySQTv0ZAF

[Rev. Julian DeShazier | J.Kwest @PureKwest]

The lady just said "boarding integrity"...when did a Southwest flight become a case study for all that's wrong with humans right now???

[theChristianCentury @ChristianCent]

“If we need for young people to act as adults, then we really haven’t done anything besides create a space for them to be more like us. And if they have to do all the work to get comfortable inside of our spaces, that’s not equity either.”

– @PureKwest

https://t.co/YBHU63y5fW

[Rev. Julian DeShazier | J.Kwest @PureKwest]

@MarkHansbauer @ChristianCent I like the argument. But even so, planned spontaneity is better than living rote. Thanks for chiming in!

[Rev. Julian DeShazier | J.Kwest @PureKwest]

this isn't the first time either, many examples of ways we will let the queer community entertain us but not live alongside us.

And not the only people either!

[Rev. Julian DeShazier | J.Kwest @PureKwest]

"DEMURE, MINDFUL"...let me say this: don't take from the Trans community without honoring their life and struggle. Don't love the language and send 'em to hell. Let your solidarity be whole

[Rev. Julian DeShazier | J.Kwest @PureKwest]

@notgaetti THE BEST

[theChristianCentury @ChristianCent]

Congrats to @PureKwest for winning the award of merit for short-form personal reflection at the 2023 @AChurchPress awards. Here is his winning piece, an essay about a high school graduation ceremony inside a jail.

https://t.co/ANMMiE2c4B

[theChristianCentury @ChristianCent]

“We have to stop looking for greatness or trying to be that for others. We have to stop trying to be the next or the first.”

– @PureKwest

https://t.co/VDaoQbAPtZ

[Rev. Julian DeShazier | J.Kwest @PureKwest]

This would be a unique opportunity for the Democrats to say "trust our system, don't worry about who's on top"...can us voters even think like that? Voting for a way of doing things, not a face 🤔

[Rev. Julian DeShazier | J.Kwest @PureKwest]

The theory that history is nothing but the biographies of great men is not only false, it's dangerous. My latest for @ChristianCent --

https://t.co/TZAZB2FkIL

[Rev. Julian DeShazier | J.Kwest @PureKwest]

The whole "he's def winning now" after getting shot. I feel ya...please still vote, k?

[Friends Journal @friendsjournal]

"This is the faith life of many millennials. We might be in the church, but if we can find community at brunch, we might go there instead! We rock with Jesus, and we know Jesus wouldn’t rock with how the church acts sometimes."—@PureKwest, @ChristianCent
https://t.co/2ZvZKUu6Ry

[UCC Media Justice Ministry @UCCMediaJustice]

With the 42nd Annual Parker Lecture & Awards Ceremony just around the corner, we're looking back at some of our favorite remarks from the past 30+ years of this special event.

Revisit Rev. Julian DeShazier's (@PureKwest) stirring 2019 Parker Lecture here: https://t.co/kBQD0piuCC

[Rev. Julian DeShazier | J.Kwest @PureKwest]

My daughters deserve a safer world, and this kind of boldness is gonna move us toward that. I appreciate this so much. It's gonna free some ppl. Keep going.

[D a n y e l 🔆 S m i t h @danamo]

took me near 30 years to write this essay for @NYTmag. i’m sad. and i’m
mad https://t.co/6VN2wfygDF

[Rev. Julian DeShazier | J.Kwest @PureKwest]

Reggie Jackson just kept it 1000 and kudos to @MLBONFOX for not censoring him. America needed that.

[Rev. Julian DeShazier | J.Kwest @PureKwest]

Miss you all!

[UCC Media Justice Ministry @UCCMediaJustice]

With the 42nd Annual Parker Lecture & Awards Ceremony just around the corner, we're looking back at some of our favorite remarks from the past 30+ years of this special event.

Revisit Rev. Julian DeShazier's (@PureKwest) stirring 2019 Parker Lecture here: https://t.co/kBQD0piuCC

[Rev. Julian DeShazier | J.Kwest @PureKwest]

The Haley Joel/AI/ghosts setup SHEESH🔥🔥🔥🔥Kendrick is NOT playing and is not dumbing himself down to win this thing.

[Rev. Julian DeShazier | J.Kwest @PureKwest]

ON THE OTHER HAND...

(your turn now, I said mine 😂😂)

[Rev. Julian DeShazier | J.Kwest @PureKwest]

Black man vulnerability needs to be modeled more. For that, RESPECT to J.Cole.

The gunplay + trans lines on the project show the growth to come, but that man WANTED HIS PEACE and was willing to TAKE THE L to get it.

[Rev. Julian DeShazier | J.Kwest @PureKwest]

Sometimes it's just discipline that keeps you on a path (which, sure, congrats?!?). WISDOM is when you get off, to notice, and course correct. Humility. Vulnerability. He lost a battle, and might win where it matters.