Julianne Vantland

writing on the intersection of an evolving faith, mental health, and parenting

[Julianne Vantland @jvantland]

@christianfunpod The Amy video was from the 2018 wild goose fest!

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@keymo I just did a spit take.

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@Booker4KY Please call for the recount! This margin is suspiciously close and I do not trust the dnc not to have meddled.

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@keymo I bet it really cuts down on impulse grocery purchases.

[Julianne Vantland @jvantland]

Happy Book Birthday @kaitlincurtice!! I’m just beginning to feast upon these beautiful words, but already I am nourished.

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I laughed out loud today at the @UpFirst ad for a cruise company followed immediately by an update about the Grand Princess and the 3000 people waiting to get off and moved to military bases to wait out their quarantines. 🏆🏆🏆

[Julianne Vantland @jvantland]

@KeelyBoeving @HollyStallcup We had to separate by age 2 or it was a hot mess. One in the pnp in my bedroom, one in their crib in theirs. At 3 we switched to floor beds and I sat between them until they conked out. Sending you all the twinmom solidarity!

[Julianne Vantland @jvantland]

@poppyrach @nytimes I subscribed to their coronavirus newsletter and it seems like it contains less info and more teasers for their articles every day. So frustrating.

[Julianne Vantland @jvantland]

It's driving me crazy that @nytimes articles are the first to pop up whenever I search for #COVID19 updates and they're all hidden behind that damn paywall.

Know what's coming at us fast and free? Trump's alarmingly misinformed "hunches".

Fix this please.

[Julianne Vantland @jvantland]

@poppyrach @nytimes Such a good point. And ugh. SUCH a huge problem!

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It was April 15, 2009, and I was watching The Daily Show (then hosted by Jon Stewart) along with everyone else who needed a dose of sanity in the early days of the Obama White House and GOP reactionary panic. His guest that night was a little-known Harvard Law professor. (thread)

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I just left Costco where the @Ale8One is going at least as fast as the bottled water. Kentucky preppers have priorities.

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@JeanniePrinsen RIP waffle maker.

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Do you struggle with when and how to talk to your kids about the injustices of our world? We're diving in today at Spiritual Parent!

[Julianne Vantland @jvantland]

@alexegesis I have so much respect for that. I remember @jeffchu writing last year about similar experiences as he completed seminary. I hope you find a community that understands what a gift they have in your voice!

[Julianne Vantland @jvantland]

@alexegesis I admire your courage and relentless hope in the face of so much tradition and pain. Thank you for sharing your story and more of the behind the scenes, I hope to find a faith home like those you describe one day. Busting down those old walls is holy work. Keep at it!

[Julianne Vantland @jvantland]

@alexegesis This is all so beautiful and I want it to be true. I have panic attacks whenever I'm in a church building, but I'm finding God beyond the walls.

How do you overcome fear of abuse of power/institutional preservation of authority in traditional church structure? Esp as clergy?

[Julianne Vantland @jvantland]

5 y/o: Today on the Internet I learned about a very old, very famous African American woman in history. Her name was Beyoncé and she was amazing.

#parentfail #sorrybey

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@Kendraspondence Were you listening in on my therapy session this week? So, so with you on this. We have much to lament and nowhere safe to do it.

[Julianne Vantland @jvantland]

I have been offered this venting apology three times today alone, so let me say it loud and clear:

WE DO NOT NEED TO APOLOGIZE FOR TRUSTING ONE ANOTHER WITH OUR STORIES.

Vulnerability is a radical, patriarchy smashing, world-changing act. Vent away!

[Julianne Vantland @jvantland]

This is your official invitation to stop apologizing for "venting". If venting relieves even a tiny bit of your emotional load then it is not only brilliant mental health care, it's also incredibly brave AND invites reciprocal vulnerability which is SO NEEDED.