Shelley Madueme | Midlife Builders 🛠️

Wife, mom, theologian, marketer. Writing about building something new in midlife.

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How the shift from "Should" to "Could" is impacting us...

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@XianMind You’re going there, huh? What about Twitter comments? 🤫

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Winter in the south...

Wed: 55 and foggy 🌫

Thurs: 70 with storms ⛈

Fri: 40 with flurries 🥶

Sat: 53 and sunny ☀️

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@LeadAuthentic Lol. Dad for the win.

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CVS Sign: "Happy Holidays from your CVS Family!"

Me: 🤔

What holidays am I missing?

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@LeadAuthentic Now that is something to celebrate!

And why isn’t there a tortilla chip emoji?

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@revchadbrooks Why is a powerful question, especially when you dig below the surface of the first answer.

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@Danielfwells "Theoretically," of course.

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Last year I read You Are Not Your Own by @TheAlanNoble. I started to notice the various ways technique had crept into my daily life.

In a world obsessed with efficiency and optimization, there are aspects of the Christian life that don't make sense.

https://t.co/bLLISlL4VV

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@CristinaEspinal How do I want to show up today?

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He argues that our procrastination stems from "worrying that we won't have the talent to produce work of sufficient quality, or that others won't respond to it as we'd like them to, or that in some other way things won't turn out as we want."

-Four Thousand Weeks, 78-79

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Have you ever told someone about an epic dream you had and then realized it only took a few seconds to recount?

It's almost like a mist that is here for a moment and then vanishes.

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Communication is one of my strengths, but it takes work to wrangle ideas into words that clearly convey an idea.

When I read Oliver Burkeman’s section on Perfection and Paralysis, I felt seen.

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@revchadbrooks Sounds like a few potential dissertation topics.

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@Svigel Sermon on the Mount has a bit to say about these issues. So does Paul. So does James.

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@Danielfwells Joy to the world!

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It's perfectly normal to listen to Christmas music until Ash Wednesday, right?

Asking for a friend...

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@seizethegaap That’s a lot to handle. So sorry to hear about your son. The threads can wait.

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Theology isn't for women. ❌

Men and women need to grow in knowledge of and love for God.

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"Theology is first the activity of thinking and speaking about God and second the product of that activity." -J.I. Packer

Good theology should lead to doxology, but problematic ideas about theology persist in various corners of the church.

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Theology is stuffy and irrelevant to daily life. ❌

Good theology is practical and helps us live out our faith.