On this day in 1960, Ruby Bridges became the first African-American to attend a white elementary school in the South.
A visual reminder of what she faced every day.
Question: Why do Gen Xers tend to be a little more relaxed about life? What kind of terrifying, anxiety-producing horror did they go through as children that would make the rest of life seem chill by comparison?
Answer: This thing.
How to spice up that "Bible Costumes Only" Church Harvest Fest:
Headless person = John the Baptist
Mummy = Lazarus
Anything risqué = Rahab
Ghost = Holy Spirit
Zombie = The Dead in Christ
Or don't go at all and say you went as someone raptured.
@Walmart when some cancels their order because they waited for pick up for over an hour, you don’t get to give it to a random stranger and still charge me. But not answering your phones is a solid avoidance strategy
Here’s an idea- for Ted Cruz, Greg Abbott and Donald Trump… instead of speaking at the NRA conference on Friday, go look at the bodies of the children, visit the school, listen to the families in Uvalde & Buffalo & all over our country who are shattered because of your policies.
When church leaders grow comfortable with save-America rhetoric that alienates some Americans, they are derelict in their duty. When pastors and churches intentionally or unintentionally subjugate winning people to winning elections, they’ve already lost.
Even if they win.
Forward-thinking pastors realize that the best answer to the question 'Should ministry be digital or physical?' is 'Yes'. https://t.co/NpufFSTPzs via @cnieuwhof