Rachel Masek

Faith and Family are my main thing. Favorite pastimes: reading, and road trips.
I have an occasional opinion.

[Rachel Masek @RachelMasek]

Fun fact: My parents considered joining a bruderhof when I was a young kid. I was pen pals with a bruderhof grandmother for much of my childhood.

[Rachel Masek @RachelMasek]

Great solution!
https://t.co/SsBFEjEkS3

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

The single greatest threat to religion in the world isn’t secularism or atheism.

It is religious people contradicting their religion by justifying evil, moral depravity, greed, selfishness, arrogance, hatred, and even the use of violence to preserve their religion.

[Rachel Masek @RachelMasek]

@emilykmay @allie__voss Yes. It's worth it for the occasional free menu items, and the Chick-fil-A app works so smoothly.

[Rachel Masek @RachelMasek]

If Europe can do without it so can we.

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

Some wheat is sprayed with glyphosate just before harvest to help dry the crop. The weed killer is applied to wheat intended for human consumption.

The EU banned this use. Some claim glyphosate is used for desiccation on only 3% of US wheat crops.

We should end this practice.

[Rachel Masek @RachelMasek]

They keep saying they've made our life/ country better. Saying it doesn't make it true though. Still waiting.

[Fox News @FoxNews]

VP VANCE on upcoming midterms battle: "I think the question we're going to put to the American people is, do you want to give the government back over to the people who, frankly, burned down the house and made most Americans much less wealthy and much less safe?

Or do you want to double down on the president's leadership, which has helped us recover from some of the problems caused by Joe Biden?" @TheStoryFNC

[Rachel Masek @RachelMasek]

The same type of rigid patriarchal authoritarianism I walked away from in religion is now infiltrating the government. It's not Christian.

[Rachel Masek @RachelMasek]

@janesue821 Yup. Shouldn't be though.

[Rachel Masek @RachelMasek]

@janesue821 This is unfortunately way too common. The average time it takes for a woman to get officially diagnosed with endometriosis is 10 years. 1 in 10 women have it. I had debilitating symptoms for 20 years. Excision of Endo with an Endo specific surgeon.

[Rachel Masek @RachelMasek]

Faith in Christ isn’t a political brand. It’s loving God, serving others, and exemplifying both justice and compassion.

[Rachel Masek @RachelMasek]

As someone who has experienced religious trauma of a different variety, my heart goes out to Bethel survivors.
Creating an alumni reporting system of their own sounds like wisdom.

[Jesse Westwood @faith_reframed]

PLEASE REPOST/SHARE IF YOU WANT TO HELP WITH BETHEL VICTIMS

I’m at a loss for words. Over the past week, since @MikeWingerii released his video,I have had more than 5 victims of Bethels corruption and abuse come forward to me. Many more have to other Podcasters and more will continue to come. This is just beginning.

We had the alumni call today and we were told by Dan Farrelly that SLT wanted to listen to us more. @kvministries jumps on the call and spoke for almost an hour, then left when the alumni were going to ask questions. When people were ready to tell him directly how his actions failed us.

He only said what was already said on Sunday morning. I only say this because for me it does not look like a good start for change. It’s more control. It’s more “let me just tell you what I’m gonna say and not actually listen to you”

The tone was great, what was said was thoughtful, but what happened showed us everything. People are hurting. Victims are scared to even submit reports because of how “Safe Church” reads. This is only going to get worse.

If you have any connection to a trauma informed reporting/processing service please reach out to me. As alumni we are trying to get our own reporting site with real third party accountability. We need help.

#bethel #bethelmusic #bethelalumni

[Rachel Masek @RachelMasek]

This

[littlebillie @littlebillie]

There’s the whole meme about how no one warns you that when you’re an adult you have to think about supper every night for the rest of your life …but no one ACTUALLY warns you when you have boys that there is about a 5 minute window between getting a haircut and then looking like they need a haircut. And then this just goes on forever.

[Rachel Masek @RachelMasek]

America was founded on the principles of Freedom, including the right to hold our government accountable.

[Rachel Masek @RachelMasek]

@CaptainCons Something we can cook on our camp stove. Canned soup and instant rice. Hot chocolate. Bake ahead of the storm. Muffins. Brownies.

[Rachel Masek @RachelMasek]

Do people actually grocery shop regularly at Target? I've only ever picked up a couple of grocery items there, in a pinch. 😮

[John Peterson @JohnPetersonFW]

Aldi is incredible. For my household of 6 we used to spend 450-500$ a week on groceries at target. I just rolled out of Aldi for 192$ and got everything we used to get there minus a couple things.

No name brands, no fluff, I love it

[Rachel Masek @RachelMasek]

@bekahj The people doing all the things on your list must have major debt or very high income. None of these items apply to my family and we can't afford to buy. We rent a small house, buy used cars, no salon and nail appointments, no new phones, 1 small TV, no door dash, public school

[Rachel Masek @RachelMasek]

@JennMGreenberg This is exactly what I said to my family last night. It will have to go through investigation and the Justice system, and people will still have their own take on it. It's awful any way you view it.

[Rachel Masek @RachelMasek]

@RonSCantor Except, didn't he publish books during the 8 years of living this lie? Also, isn't it convenient that he's past retirement age when he decided to resign his career/ ministry. Eight years is a long time to live a lie.

[Rachel Masek @RachelMasek]

@sophianictract @KeturahAbigail The homes I visited in Japan were quite small. I wonder if hosting and entertaining looks a lot different there than western culture. I feel like American families tend to intentionally choose homes with entertaining in mind.

[Rachel Masek @RachelMasek]

@shagbark_hick @normonics Some Amish communities have rare genetic disorders that are seen in greater numbers in their communities because their marriage pool is so small. Such that there are clinics just for Amish children with genetic disorders.