Kristin Vanderlip

Writer - Spreading the love of writing as a source of healing and hope. 💛

[Rick Warren @RickWarren]

My biggest regret in 53 years of ministry is that I didn’t do my own personal exegesis sooner on the 4 passages used to restrict women. Shame on me.
I wasted those 4 yrs of Greek in college & seminary. When I finally did my proper “due diligence”, laying aside 50 years of

[Kristin Vanderlip @k_vanderlip]

cup your hands around your heart⁣
around your art⁣
around your words⁣
like you cup your hands around your warm coffee mug or ⁣
your favorite person's sweet face⁣
⁣
—@k_vanderlip #healingwords #writinglife #artistsway

[Kristin Vanderlip @k_vanderlip]

@PSLiterary @suemonkkidd’s Book of Longings

[Kristin Vanderlip @k_vanderlip]

I create to find,
to listen and uncover,
to encounter Hope.

#haiku no. 27 #haikuchallenge #writinglife #creativerecovery

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

If we think the gospel can only be faithfully proclaimed through the language of fear, judgment and intimidation, we have profoundly misunderstood the gospel of Jesus.

[Kristin Vanderlip @k_vanderlip]

@taylorsschumann I just watched the doc on Netflix. 😬

[Kristin Vanderlip @k_vanderlip]

@jennschultz_ His love is so good! 🙌🏻

[Kristin Vanderlip @k_vanderlip]

@PSLiterary Depends on the day. 😅 But mostly energize.

[Kristin Vanderlip @k_vanderlip]

I can see problems
But with my pen I can write
Possibilities

#haikuandsketchchallenge
No. 23
#writerly #haiku #thepowerofwriting

[Kristin Vanderlip @k_vanderlip]

Don’t let the words twist
Your dust shines with Heaven’s kiss
He calls you by name

#haikuandsketchchallenge #AshWednesday

[Kristin Vanderlip @k_vanderlip]

Lament is a sweet invitation in the most bitter seasons of life. On this first day of #lent, may you know that your human fragility, messiness, and brokenness is not despised but welcomed in. #lament #yourgriefiswelcomehere

[Justin McRoberts @justinmcroberts]

May I believe
my own wounds
will have a place in me
as I become new,
just as Jesus bore
the scars of his betrayal
and death.

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

The same bible that tells us to "rejoice always" has a book called Lamentations. We don’t have to choose one from the other.

Good, healthy Christian faith is non-dualistic, able to hold multiple tensions together.

[Matt Haig @matthaig1]

Everyone of us who has felt pressured to use a physical excuse to get time off for a mental issue is very grateful this year for the precedents set by Simone Biles and Emma Raducanu and Naomi Osaka.

[Kristin Vanderlip @k_vanderlip]

@KevinMKruse @taylorsschumann have you seen this?

[Kristin Vanderlip @k_vanderlip]

@PeytonWrites Thank you 💛

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

Caring for your mental health is resistance.

Make your mind a priority.

[Kristin Vanderlip @k_vanderlip]

Social media as a spiritual practice— what could this look like practically in terms of habits, rhythms, perspectives?

#soulcare #christianliving

[Kristin Vanderlip @k_vanderlip]

Enter to win a copy of @sarahjrbnsn’s new book I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die over on my Instagram: https://t.co/brEhFXb8AF

#amreading #goodreads #christianbooks