Donna Whipple

Christ Follower, wife of Tim, mother of Brennan and Bailee and love my job!

[Donna Whipple @dwhipple]

@jordanmoore_21 Tennie

[Donna Whipple @dwhipple]

Amen!

[Bob Goff @bobgoff]

Mediocrity is like turning the wine back into water. Here’s some thoughts.

[Donna Whipple @dwhipple]

Yes!!

[Dr. Henry Cloud @DrHenryCloud]

Forgiveness involves grieving for what will never be: The past will not be different, and the wrong cannot be undone. But it can be rendered powerless through forgiveness.

[Diane Langberg, PhD @DianeLangberg]

We often trust others in positions of authority because we assume that those with knowledge, intellect, and skill MUST be trustworthy. But that is not always the case. How often have we seen that the power that comes with knowledge, intellect, and skill can be abused.

[Donna Whipple @dwhipple]

Judy Dabler used her power to abuse so many good and vulnerable people.

[Diane Langberg, PhD @DianeLangberg]

When someone is vulnerable, they are susceptible to attack or injury. Whenever power is used in a way that wounds the vulnerable, that exploits trust; abuse has occurred. When a person with power uses another for his/her own ends, discards or destroys another, abuse has occurred.

[Donna Whipple @dwhipple]

So true!

[Andy Stanley @AndyStanley]

Cancel culture lowers the IQ of the entire culture.

It lowers our IQ because we are no longer willing to listen to or learn from individuals or groups who don’t see, interpret, and experience the world the way we do. Canceling an individual or group produces nothing while undermining a fundamental catalyst for progress, namely, the unfiltered exchange of ideas, opinions, and insight without the necessity of anyone always being right. Cancel culture cancels the right to be wrong.

[Donna Whipple @dwhipple]

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[Max Lucado @MaxLucado]

God promises a lamp unto our feet, not a crystal ball into the future. We do not need to know what will happen tomorrow. We only need to know he leads us and “we will find grace to help us when we need it” (Hebrews 4:16 NLT). https://t.co/1HqhgHxvw6

[Donna Whipple @dwhipple]

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[Bob Goff @bobgoff]

When you create safe places, the world will experience peace. The way you’ll see it is in the faces around you. Here’s some thoughts!

[Donna Whipple @dwhipple]

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[Carey Nieuwhof @cnieuwhof]

When you behave like something is scarce or has tremendous value when it doesn't, you not only confuse people, you lose people.

[Donna Whipple @dwhipple]

Amen!

[Bob Goff @bobgoff]

Don’t let distractions take you off the set that easily. Just some thoughts!

[Donna Whipple @dwhipple]

Amen!❤️❤️❤️

[Bob Goff @bobgoff]

I think it’s better to show people, not tell people. So much more is caught than taught. When we demonstrate acts of kindness in our lives, people tend to tag along.

[Donna Whipple @dwhipple]

Love this!

[Dr. Henry Cloud @DrHenryCloud]

Mature people think of nurturing, developing, and taking care of the people they love, their treasures. Mature people are always thinking of how their loved ones are doing, how they are feeling, and how they can help them grow.

[Donna Whipple @dwhipple]

🔥🔥

[Diane Langberg, PhD @DianeLangberg]

Deception seems to be a key factor in leading us to use power to take what is not ours. If we give ourselves away to achieving success measured by earthly outcomes, even in the church, we are deceived.

[Donna Whipple @dwhipple]

Beautiful!

[Franklin Graham @Franklin_Graham]

My father @BillyGraham’s pine casket—as well as my mother’s—were built by murderers who were serving their sentences at Angola prison in Louisiana. Take a quick minute to watch this & hear directly from the prisoners who built it & what it meant to them. His body was laid to rest in that casket at @theBGLibrary in Charlotte, NC, 5 years ago today.

[Donna Whipple @dwhipple]

Amen!

[Diane Langberg, PhD @DianeLangberg]

Whenever God’s people fail to speak truth, expose the deeds of darkness to light, and function as a refuge for the abused, afflicted and needy they have not only failed you but have failed our God as well, for they look nothing like Him.

[Donna Whipple @dwhipple]

Truth continues to be revealed.

[Diane Langberg, PhD @DianeLangberg]

The body of Christ is called to be a sacred place for the vulnerable. We have often chosen to be a safe place for the powerful and have deceived ourselves into believing that God would call that good.

[Donna Whipple @dwhipple]

Such truth!

[Carey Nieuwhof @cnieuwhof]

A frequent criticism of growing churches is that they’re all about evangelism.

A more pernicious danger, though, is the opposite: becoming a church that’s so insider-focused that it loses its mission.

[Donna Whipple @dwhipple]

100%

[Matthew Podszus @matthew_podszus]

@johnnarae It is almost unanimous in trauma research (esp. CPTSD) that harms inflicted by *trusted* friends, caregivers, etc. do the most psychic damage.

This is why even less brutal harm (e.g., spiritual abuse, betrayal) in churches or homes can prove so daunting to "come back from."

[Donna Whipple @dwhipple]

Yes!!

[Lift Our Voices @LiftOurVoicesUS]

Our New Year’s wish? A workplace free from toxicity, where survivors’ voices can be heard & workers are safe from abuse. We took two massive steps forward in 2022 with the #SpeakOutAct & the bill to #EndForcedArbitration… & there’s still more to be done.
https://t.co/13MIt6oLXp

[Donna Whipple @dwhipple]

Yes!!

[Simon Sinek @simonsinek]

We become leaders the day we decide to help people grow, not numbers.