To the people shooting firecrackers and fireworks every night: I really really hate you for what you are doing to my dog. Hate is a strong word but I do. Sorry.
This historically persistent racist rhetoric is what sparked the racism & violence against the Asian American community throughout the country in the midst of this pandemic and why we at @aachristcollab wrote the #aaccstatement on anti-Asian racism.
Rand Paul tried to lecture Black lawmakers on the definition of lynching. Kamala Harris delivered her response. I was going to take a snippet from the 7 minutes to highlight but I couldn’t. The entire speech is powerful and one that’ll go down in history.
There have been times when my well-meaning friends will start a conversation about race with "You're a safe place..." I explain that I am not. I am hopefully a gracious place but I am not safe. In other words, I will correct you if you say something sinful, unhelpful, or racist.
We are never going to personal relationship our way out of police brutality.
We also need sweeping systemic change, to “establish justice in the gate of the city.” (Amos 5:15)
In Christian spaces, the pursuit of diversity apart from empathy, equity and accountability produces
1. a false sense of progress/obedience (arrogance)
2. more opportunities for harm and minimization (cultural and racial trauma)
We don’t “do” diversity. We do justice.
Changed my strategy and added custom“dressers” that I can just slide into the cavities for drawers. Sooooo much easier! Thanks for the inspiration mrs.reavish... you probably don’t remember but you gave me the… https://t.co/WOvGcNmpGn
Our custom master closet built in is coming along...I’m currently adding custom drawers which are testing all of my weaknesses i.e patience, measuring and precision😬 #diy#girlswhobuild#carpentry @ Milo - Grogan,… https://t.co/uOQkypGCFi
@BethMooreLPM Yes, but it is in those uncomfortable leviticus passages that we find God cares for what we eat, about our kids, the spot on our skin, our bald head, the clothes we wear, the house we live in and whether or not there are bugs there.
Despite resolving not to can this year due to a zillion other projects underway, I couldn’t let this abundance of sweet red peppers go to waste! Thus, sweet red pepper jelly😋 thanks emilystarr9 for the veggies!… https://t.co/eUOgfilphZ