Katie Hudgens

Daughter of Christ. Wife to Robert. Mother to James and Bowen. Physician.

[Katie Hudgens @kdmo11]

Our flight leaves Friday. Why would you separate an entire family with 2 one year olds twins? Who obviously can’t sit by themselves. And when I paid extra for “economy plus.” Why do airlines make this so difficult?

[Katie Hudgens @kdmo11]

@AirFranceUS @airfrance @AirFranceFR I am booked on a flight from Atlanta to Porto on Friday, with a layover in Paris with my husband and twin one year olds. I booked bulkhead seats so we could be together and comfortable and hopefully get a bassinet. Cont

[Katie Hudgens @kdmo11]

I immediately call @Delta who I booked through and they tell me it must go through @airfrance who I then call. They tell me they can’t get us beside each other but don’t worry they’ll escalate this to the “seats team” and we will hear from them in 24-48 hours.

[Beth Moore @BethMooreLPM]

I share this post in earnest and (what may prove a naive) hope that a few people caught in the situation I’m about to describe will hear instead of rushing to the usual tropes, criticisms and caricatures. For what it’s worth, I offer this in good faith.

Between 2016 and 2022, I faced a test of the genuineness of my faith so large and consequential, I’m almost at a loss to think of the right adjectives to describe it. It might not have been so big to someone else but it involved so much of my Christian identity, it was all but existential. Well more than that. It was a dying.

It is this test that helps me understand why people who seem deeply devoted to the Lord Jesus and hold the scriptures in highest esteem also hold to a system, institution or leader no matter what they do and defend a side or individual to a degree that is baffling.

I can tell you why because I had to face every bit of it. Identity, community, camaraderie, what we’ve known and loved, what part of it we still love, the people we loved, the people we still love, reputation, what people will think, how you will be judged and condemned and thrown over to the other side who doesn’t want you either. And to whom you also do not align and would not belong. Friendships. How you will be misunderstood and misrepresented. How adrift and alone you will feel. How disliked.

And then there’s this and it would be a mistake to minimize it: your JOB. Your source of income. Your vocation.

This is the part of the crisis I most write these words to convey because I think they are most in play for many right now, whether in media, ministry or politics.

Let me try to put this in the words that were constantly resonant in my spirit in those years. And to this day.

Though you have no other place to go, Beth, and no place to fit and it not only MAY have financial repercussions but WILL have financial repercussions to the ministry and to your family and will also make them targets and none of it will ever look the same or be the same, will you choose what you believe to be right and put everything else in your vocational life at risk?

This is what is at risk for many people whose professional reputations and positions are tied up with leaders, institutions and political parties. Mine was, too. The cost is enormous and the options are often untenable. And so there we are.

Having to cast ourselves on the mercy of God. Not for a third way. But as THE ONLY WAY. The only truth. The only life.

I’ve made multiple errors in judgment. Jumped too quickly to condemn. Spoken wrongly. Remained silent wrongly and confusingly. I never get it completely together.

But what I will tell you is that I believe we are meant first and foremost to call out our own house, our own side, and our own identity group for its mind-boggling hypocrisy. These were my people. Evangelicals. Conservatives.

Claim what you will but I know who I am:

I am pro life from conception to casket.
I am pro small government.
I am pro godliness and the pursuit of a holy life.
I am pro marriage and family and pro-those God calls to remain single and sanctified and I’m deeply thankful for them.
I am pro traditional sexual ethics.
I am pro love of God and love of neighbor and the dignity of every person as an image bearer of Christ.
I am pro love all.
I am pro church. I believe in the community of the saints.
I am pro Bible study to the death and believe the aim of all discipleship is to know and love and follow and emulate Jesus Christ.
I am pro gospel. Dear God in heaven, I am pro gospel. I believe there is one name by whom we must be saved. Jesus.

What I am not is pro Trump.

Wasn’t pro Clinton. Wasn’t pro Biden. But those were not the candidates many in the world that I loved so much were cheering on.

I accept that Donald Trump is my president. I pray for him on a regular basis. I’m a law abiding citizen and pay my taxes. But I believe Trump fosters something in people that makes them lose their way.

[Katie Hudgens @kdmo11]

@SenBillCassidy What exactly do you agree with him about? Did you give your MD to JD Vance so you could decide without actually making an informed decision? It’s despicable that a doctor would vote for someone so vehemently against scientific evidence.

[Lauren @Laurparkerr]

If Chick Fil A was in charge of the Ticketmaster queue I would’ve had Taylor Swift tickets within MINUTES just saying

[sarah (Eras era!!) @thisismenotryin]

taylor swift walking onto stage with no one in the audience, because that ticketmaster queue never did move.

[Katie Hudgens @kdmo11]

@MediacomCable there’s been a cable in my yard for the last 4 months and we have called to have this cable buried 4 times, and yet no one has come to bury it. I thought Comcast was bad when it came to customer service but this is awful.

[Georgia Football @GeorgiaFootball]

THE SWEET TASTE OF VICTORY

#GoDawgs | #NationalChampionship

[Georgia Football @GeorgiaFootball]

Good morning, Dawg Nation 🎊

#GoDawgs
#NationalChampionship

[Georgia Football @GeorgiaFootball]

A night we'll never forget.

#GoDawgs
#NationalChampionship

[Katie Hudgens @kdmo11]

@PrometricGlobal You should be able to message now.

[Katie Hudgens @kdmo11]

@ab_peds @PrometricGlobal today I went to take my ABP boards, for which I had requested nursing accommodations and was told that there was no such thing and I could pump in the waiting room or bathroom. This is unacceptable.

[Katie Hudgens @kdmo11]

@PrometricGlobal Please do.

[Katie Hudgens @kdmo11]

I should be able to pump comfortably for my baby during my PEDIATRIC boards. @ab_peds @PrometricGlobal you need to fix this.

[Katie Hudgens @kdmo11]

@Allegiant does a breast pump bag count as a personal bag?

[MDJ | Danielle Jones, MD, FACOG @MamaDoctorJones]

Do better for breastfeeding moms, @united - do better. https://t.co/OjPRDAakCb

[MDJ | Danielle Jones, MD, FACOG @MamaDoctorJones]

I would love your help in encouraging United Airlines to give their employees easy access to clear policy on breastmilk transport.

https://t.co/OjPRDAakCb

#breastfeedingmama