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[abbie chamberlain @abbiechamb]

@annagerickson No time to sit with people in hurt & see that what lies under the cynicism (in Scrooge, the Grinch, etc) is actually loneliness, isolation, pain (often generationally)? Sigh…😐

[Fleming Rutledge @flemingrut]

For Pentecost and every day thereafter:

Come, Holy Spirit, come like a fire and burn,
Come like a wind and cleanse;
Convict, convert, and consecrate our lives--
to our great good and to thy great glory.

(given to me as a prayer before preaching)

[chuck degroat @chuckdegroat]

“There is no argument needed for the necessity of taking time out for being alone, for withdrawal, for being quiet without and still within. The sheer physical necessity is urgent because the body and the entire nervous system cry out for the healing waters of silence”

~Dr. Howard Thurman via @t_owens

[chuck degroat @chuckdegroat]

Reminder to myself (and to you if it helps):

You scroll to soothe. And it only dysregulates you further.

[Timothy Keller (1950-2023) @timkellernyc]

People are messy; therefore, relationships will be messy. Expect messiness.

[Nate Postlethwait @nate_postlethwt]

Dear trauma survivor-

Please stop thinking if you explain it better they will give you the respect you’ve given them. If it’s not mutual, it’s not respect.

[abbie chamberlain @abbiechamb]

@Theholisticpsyc Thank you dearly for this!

[abbie chamberlain @abbiechamb]

@petescazzero Powerful distinction & well said in not holding sorrow, but holding it before the Lord…we need not to hold pain in its entirety but are able to show up (instead of avoid) in times it feels like ‘too much’ within relationship, knowing we are not Healer but have Him on our side.

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

Jesus teaches us to repel the attacks of the devil who, as his name says, wants to sow division in us, between us and God, between us and others. How do we repel him? Not by negotiating with him, but by opposing him in faith with the divine word. #GospelOfToday (Mt 4:1-11)

[Brett Vander Berg @brettvanderberg]

"Everything in nature grows only when it is vulnerable." - Dr. Gabor Mate

[John Piper @JohnPiper]

“You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.” Leviticus 19:15

[chuck degroat @chuckdegroat]

(Lent is) a rejection of all those sleek tricks of self-presentation with which we seek to disguise our true selves from God and from others.

-Malcolm Guite

[abbie chamberlain @abbiechamb]

@lorilharding @chuckdegroat @lorilharding @chuckdegroat agreed

[abbie chamberlain @abbiechamb]

@chuckdegroat I am seeing a massive lack of this in Holland! And a large resistance/defensiveness to it even in younger circles. What do you gauge are the reasons & practical solutions to the hesitancy of the greater Church in this area? Am I off here?

[Pete Scazzero @petescazzero]

Learning to welcome and hold sorrow before God is central to discipleship and leadership. It is one key way He transforms us into lovers of Him and others.

[abbie chamberlain @abbiechamb]

@revstacey @jimgass Oh Lord have mercy.

[Timothy Keller (1950-2023) @timkellernyc]

The gospel is that you are so lost it required the death of the Lord of the universe to save you. When you grasp that, you can’t look at anyone and say “I’m better than you”. The gospel gives the power to resist the self-righteousness and superiority native to the human heart.

[abbie chamberlain @abbiechamb]

@bethfelkerjones to*

[abbie chamberlain @abbiechamb]

@bethfelkerjones I think emotions can lead to sinful behavior, but don’t see it being helpful to immediately dictate them as so. (People shut down when they do not feel, or get physically unwell, in my opinion). Why are we so unwilling as the Church do sit with this discord?

[abbie chamberlain @abbiechamb]

@bethfelkerjones Care to elaborate on the concept that emotions can be sinful? In my experiences in the counseling and “secular” worlds, this is delicate for folk who have experienced this type of emotional manipulation, &/or are counselors (both within & outside of the Christian sphere)…