Pearly Young, 77, was killed today in #Buffalo shopping for groceries.
For 25 years she ran a pantry where every Saturday she fed people in Central Park. Every. Saturday.
She loved singing, dancing, & being with family.
She was mother, grandma, & missionary. Gone too soon 🕊
Tim Keller said something to me in 2006 that I think about several times a day.
"We are exposed to so much brokenness in the city,
we must constantly expose our hearts and minds to beauty."
It never occurred to me to use beauty as a form of resistance. Changed my life.
��I am not only content simply to be a hammer, an axe, or a saw, in God’s hands; but I shall count it an honor to be taken up and used by Him in any way; and if sinners are converted through my instrumentality, from my inmost soul I will give Him all the glory” - George Mueller
I’ve learned that in myself and others, anxious moments of leadership often cloak a hidden shame. Hidden beneath are questions around our own competence, belonging, adequacy, security. Often, honestly naming our shame opens our hearts to be more present, lowering the anxiety.
If by the phrase, "Just preach the gospel," someone only means, "Just tell people how they can go to heaven when they die," then, that's not preaching the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ... the Gospel of the Kingdom.
Mr. President: This is not acceptable. Calling it the "Chinese virus" only instigates blame, racism, and hatred against Asians - here and abroad. We need leadership that speaks clearly against racism; Leadership that brings the nation and world together. Not further divides.
Are you making a greater effort to distance yourself from the physical sickness of coronavirus than from the spiritual enemy of sin?
If you are quarantining yourself from a virus but are indulging in temptation, you are not safe.
Satan is crafty, be on guard.
The World Health Organization has announced that dogs cannot contract Covid-19. Dogs previously held in quarantine can now be released. To be clear, WHO let the dogs out.
I went to the grocery store this afternoon. As I was walking in I heard a woman yell to me from her car. I walked over and found an elderly woman and her husband. She cracked her window open a bit more, and explained to me nearly in tears that they are afraid to go in the store.
What is happening? What should we communicate? What decisions should we make? What can we hope for? An essay on COVID-19 for Christian leaders. https://t.co/mjcWNHHMWw