Okay, I've now watched a slew of these and I think the only reason you would see this as an indictment on the churches is if you've never had a job or volunteer position with any online or financial responsibility.
Here is clearly what is a failing grade in these calls:
No spiritual discipline can make God love you.
It’s too late for that. God already loves you.
But spiritual disciplines helps us to live in God's love, and offer it to others.
in honor of Barbie and Oppenheimer premiering in a week, here's a thread of times where these two similar genres of media were released in the same day/weekend:
“Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don’t expect it because I don’t think of District 12 as a place that cares about me. But a shift has occurred since I stepped up to take Prim’s place, and now it seems I have become someone precious. At first one, then another, then almost every member of the crowd touches the three middle fingers of their left hand to their lips and holds it out to me. It is an old and rarely used gesture of our district, occasionally seen at funerals. It means thanks, it means admiration, it means good-bye to someone you love.”
⁃The Hunger Games Chapter 2
How is your read, or re-read of The Hunger Games going? Do you listen to the audiobooks or do you prefer the physical copy? 📚
Last year, a coworker randomly asked me to hand-deliver an antique violin across the country. I said yes, because why not. I had no idea what I was getting into, and now I need your help. A 🧵