We cannot be afraid to question structures & methods that once caused us to thrive & succeed. Church is a movement not a monument
#TheForgottenWays
He is always much bigger than we tend to think he is. Let us not think either/ or but both/and—it’s truth and goodness and beauty; it’s faith and hope and grace; it’s love and truth and obedience that are needed to know God.
#reframationbook@standonthedesk@alanhirsch
There's a version of American nationalism that camouflages itself as Christianity but looks nothing like Jesus. Jesus is NOT raising up militias for a new civil war. Jesus is the Prince of Peace. He carried a cross not a gun. He blesses the peacemakers not the warmakers.
One of my staff was checking in on how a new staff member was coping with stage 4 restrictions & if ok. Their response was here there are no bombs being dropped from planes, curfews are a way of life where I come from as is having papers on you, so I’m grateful to be safe & free
Visual art plays an important role in movements and protest. It gives language where words fail.
We can’t get over how well Zach Stewart captured so much of the sentiment of the present day in our new video for ‘The Medicine.’
Watch it here —> https://t.co/RfEPOJ3fHn 🙏
I loved this chat with Nornie, and I laughed so many times! Nornie is the embodiment of true hospitality and one of the best humans I’ve ever connected with! Have a listen, you feel way better afterwards 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
Behrouz Boochani wrote his prize winning book on a mobile phone from inside detention.
Mobile phones mean people expose abuses and keep AU Govt accountable.
Next week the Minister’ll try to pass legislation to seize phones without cause. Let’s stop him. #NoPhonesNoLife Pls RT
2/2 ...of theological doctrine in life itself. We must adopt the posture of both/and. We must expand beyond mere study and verbal articulation to include an incarnational way of living.
#chapter8@alanhirsch@standonthedesk
1/2 If we are to develop a gospel proclamation that actually reframes the prevailing understanding of God and the world, then we will have to scrap our historical penchant for simply investing in scholastic study while disregarding the visible demonstration...
I was about to go on & on in a drawn-out thread what I can say in 4 words:
Read Scripture every day.
Make time to say to the world, to every newsfeed, to social media, to all the incessant talkers, balkers & barkers AND to your own echo chamber,
Everybody shut up but Jesus.
“Every viewpoint is useful and it takes a wide diversity of views for any group to navigate this universe, let alone to act as custodians for it.” - Tyson Yunkaporta, “Sand Talk”
Life is never predictable, disaster can strike at any moment. But seldom do you find someone like Leila Abdallah who showed amazing forgiveness after unspeakable tragedy.
She spoke with @PatrickAbboud
SAINT JUDY is a film based on the true story of Judy Wood, and how she single-handedly changed U.S. law of asylum to save 1000s of women's lives.
Find a cinema near you, book your tix and 20% ticket sale will be donated to the @ASRC1 https://t.co/q9QsHNYXiE