Every woman fleeing complementarian spaces sat in rooms like that. With men like that publicly berating her, scrutinizing what she’s wearing, and demanding thanks for their mistreatment, calling it protection while siding with abusers & thugs.
It wasn’t a shock.
It was a memory.+
The megachurch pastors who have been caught and lost their positions--were they really EVER "strong men of God"?
I'm seeing people on social media saying that the devil targets strong men of God. I don't think that's what's going on.
My feed: "women can't be at seminaries" + megachurch knew a pastor molested a girl & "restored" him to ministry.
Christians telling women their femaleness forever disqualifies them while we cannot find the will to tell a man his behavior has permanently disqualified him.
🤔🧐🧵
I just read on Instagram that if you have a desire to be married than that means it’s God’s will and y’all:
obsession with a Leave it to Beaver white picket fence family WILL distort theology. It’s still the prosperity gospel when it’s marriage & kids instead of health & wealth.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness month, and The Shepherd's Church recently released their new Domestic Abuse Policy.🎗️It's our desire to support, care for & protect the victim(s) . . . because an act of abuse is never an act of Christian love. ➡️ https://t.co/jQPnbQY9ga
IN THE LAST TRACK ON LOVER TAYLOR SINGS, “I ONCE BELIEVED LOVE WOULD BE BURNING RED, BUT IT'S GOLDEN LIKE DAYLIGHT.” THIS IS A NOD TO HER ALBUM RED. RED WAS ABOUT INTENSE HEARTBREAK. LOVER IS ABOUT EXPERIENCING TRUE LOVE AND REALIZING THAT WHAT YOU THOUGHT WAS LOVE BEFORE…WASN’T
Had to explain to my mother that the guy panhandling outside the hiring grocery store probably doesn't have a home address or a vehicle and that's why he can't get a job there, and she was STUNNED to know those things are requirements.
ADHD is thinking about all the things you have to do, getting stressed about all the things, worrying about the consequences of not doing the things, but still feeling stuck and unable to do any of the things.