Andrew really likes llamas

I really do. #BlackLivesMatter #YangGang

[Andrew really likes llamas @Ak112358]

How many candidates for president do you know who make GRACE & FORGIVENESS a core value of their campaign? Wow. #HumanityFirst #Grace #Forgiveness #YangGang

[Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang]

The Yang Gang is growing - this is what we stand for. Rule #1: Always talk about Yang Gang. #HumanityFirst

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

I’ve been all over the country in the last month.

And I get asked the same question, over and over again:

“I disagree with Kamala’s position on the war in Gaza. How can I vote for her?”

Here is my answer:

[Shane Claiborne @ShaneClaiborne]

26 years ago today.

On September 19,1997 -- musical legend Rich Mullins died in a tragic car accident.

Here's a little tribute I wrote to Rich...

I know many of you don't know his name -- he died before you were born... he lived before the internet was much of a thing... before Facebook, way before Twitter, etc. I know it's hard to imagine that ancient world back in the 1900s.
But Rich Mullins is a name I want us to pass on to our kids and grandkids.

He had Quaker roots, and you could hear his disdain for violence in his songs, with lyrics like: "Why do the nations rage? Why do they plot and scheme? The bullets can't stop the prayers we pray in the name of the Prince of Peace."

He often joked about how surprising it was that so many evangelicals took him seriously. He said things that--even though they came straight from the Gospels-- were at odds with what had come to characterize much of evangelicalism in the 1980s and 1990s.

Here's one of my favorite quotes:
“Christianity is not about building an absolutely secure little niche in the world where you can live with your perfect little wife and your perfect little children in your beautiful little house where you have no gays or minority groups anywhere near you. Christianity is about learning to love like Jesus loved and Jesus loved the poor and Jesus loved the broken... This, I know, will go against the teachings of all the popular evangelical preachers. But they're wrong. They are not bad, they're just wrong.” -- Rich Mullins (he said that in the 1990s)

I can remember when I was at Wheaton College. Rich spoke in chapel and told this very evangelical audience essentially this: "You're all into the 'born-again' thing. And that's great -- Jesus said that to a man named Nicodemus, to enter the Kingdom of God you need to be born again... But if you tell me that I've got to be born again, I can tell you that you need to sell everything you have and give it to the poor. Because Jesus said that to one guy too. But I guess that's why God invented highlighters... so we can highlight the parts we like."

That's what I love about Rich -- he spoke truth, and laughed as he did it. He had the winsomeness of a kid, and the wisdom of an elder.

There's an old story about Rich and his buddy riding on a train. As they travelled, they began to share some of their deepest struggles, pouring out their souls, including some of the not-so-pretty stuff. As they arrived at the station, one of the passengers in front of them recognized Rich, and said, "Excuse me, are you Rich Mullins?" Rich said that he immediately began to rehearse in his mind all of the things she might have heard him say... and he had to decide whether or not he was Rich Mullins. And of course, he looked her in the face, smiling, and said, "Yes... I am Rich Mullins." He owned his funk, and he gave us permission to own ours.

He struggled with his own darkness, loneliness, sexuality. And because of that, he is an inspiration to all ragamuffins. He's a reminder that the world out there is not looking for Christians who are perfect, but they are looking for Christians who are honest.

When people remind me that the church is full of hypocrites I often say -- inspired by Rich-- "No we aren't full of hypocrites... we always have room for more." Rich Mullins reminds us that this whole Christian thing is not about how good we are, but how good God is. The Church is a bunch of imperfect people falling in love with a perfect God, and hopefully becoming more like the one we Love.

[Shane Claiborne @ShaneClaiborne]

So good.

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

This WWF ad is genius.

[Scott Santens @scottsantens]

Flowchart for determining who should get basic income:

[RELEVANT @RELEVANT]

Need a longer version ASAP

[U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service @USFWS]

A lot of y'all who said I couldn't fit this whole starfish in my mouth are real quiet these days.

[Clint Smith @ClintSmithIII]

My son was disappointed to realize that the US team was playing a country called Wales and not a large group of whales in what I guess he imagined to be a large soccer-seaworld extravaganza.

[Shane Claiborne @ShaneClaiborne]

Here’s a 1 min clip of Rich Mullins in honor of his death on Sept. 19, 1997. Classic. It’s from one of his last concerts before the car accident… he said this almost 30 years ago.🔥

[Wegner’s Groceries @grocerieswegner]

We repeatedly told @DrOz that we had pre-made veggie trays..excuse me “Crudité”…in the deli starting at $5.99. $7.99 with guacamole and salsa. Vote @JohnFetterman!

[The Good Liars @TheGoodLiars]

We gave Phil Mickelson some words of encouragement during his backswing at Trump’s golf course yesterday.

[Shane Claiborne @ShaneClaiborne]

Our brother Ron Sider has passed over to the other side. He has been a dear friend for so many years… such a faithful voice for Jesus and justice. He will be missed. My prayers go out to his family and to the millions of lives he has touched over the years.

[James Connor @toJamesConnor]

@Bidenwonthnkgod @Yankees The 1994-2004 federal assault weapon ban reduced gun massacres by 37%—and reduced the number of people dying by 43%.

Mass shootings rose 183% after the ban expired, increasing deaths by 239%.

A ban on assault weapons would save lives—again.

[Peace ☮️, love, voting & womens rights 🇺🇸🦅 @Bidenwonthnkgod]

@Yankees Guns laws work. What happened in 2004 🤔

[Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk]

This.

[Dr. Crystal A. deGregory @HBCUstorian]

whew.

[Andrew really likes llamas @Ak112358]

Merry Christmas For This

[Free Mars🇺🇸♂️⚡ @FreeMars2020]

Is the monopoly argument for #UBI unbeatable?

[Jake Pratt @thejakepratt]

Syndrome might be down but flex is all the way up 🔥