Shepherd Brown

“I wasn’t always a shepherd.”

[Shepherd Brown @Kenopsanecdoche]

I was wrong.

[Shepherd Brown @Kenopsanecdoche]

I think that those who believe Twitter is about to get much worse are overreacting. I could be wrong, but censorship on here has been inconsistent and partisan (admittedly benefitting my views) and I don’t think most of our experiences will change at all.

[Shepherd Brown @Kenopsanecdoche]

@realmattcarr We used to interact a lot before I was asked to go anon. My sentiments then were the same they are now. I sincerely wish we were closer and I could buy you a cup of coffee and encourage you. And of course talk some sense into you about baptism :)

[Shepherd Brown @Kenopsanecdoche]

@realmattcarr I just read through your feed for the last several weeks. Brother, I don’t know how you aren’t overwhelmed by the awful. I’m thankful for you. I hope you’re not discouraged by all the awful on here. Praying that your Christlikeness on this site will have an effect.

[Shepherd Brown @Kenopsanecdoche]

@realmattcarr I went anon in 2020 when I was much more active at the insistence of my elder board, which I was sad about but willing. But the protection of anonymity has led these people to revel in sin. I am genuinely horrified.

[Shepherd Brown @Kenopsanecdoche]

@realmattcarr I’m not on this site often enough anymore to really get all the relevant issues here. But reading through the replies to your post has me grieved. How can these people behave this way and believe they are representing Jesus?

[Shepherd Brown @Kenopsanecdoche]

@lsanger 2? The Bible does not use “Elohim” the way we commonly speak about it. Samuel’s spirit is called Elohim.

[Shepherd Brown @Kenopsanecdoche]

@hattyvayvah @Annakhait I learned a new word today: stochastic. Thank you!

[Shepherd Brown @Kenopsanecdoche]

@mistressdivy I’m smart… academically successful. My lady is brilliant, and I love it!

[Shepherd Brown @Kenopsanecdoche]

@JennMGreenberg @ShawnWGillogly And for it to be a virtue at all, it has to be freely chosen, not pressured or demanded. It’s not a real choice if it comes with threats or demands.

[Shepherd Brown @Kenopsanecdoche]

@JennMGreenberg @ShawnWGillogly Men should be saying, “Please help us. It’s not fair, and we know that. It’s our issue, and we own it. Please, if you’re willing, help us.” It should be closer to kindness than obedience.

[Shepherd Brown @Kenopsanecdoche]

@emilykmay I think there are things the left is getting wrong in our cultural gender discussions. But the only way anyone can look at our culture and perceive men to be wholesale rejecting women is either utter ignorance or intentional self-delusion.

[Shepherd Brown @Kenopsanecdoche]

@DPGBehler It’s interesting how entirely American this dispute is. I honestly sometimes forget that people are still having it. It’s clearly not the point of Genesis 1. It’s utterly bizarre to try to make it the point.

[Shepherd Brown @Kenopsanecdoche]

@tracesoffaith I was 18 the first time I went to church. I remember the first time I heard Jonah’s story, or Elijah on Mount Carmel, or the cost of discipleship. I would rather have grown up in church, but encountering them as an adult is a different kind of special.

[Shepherd Brown @Kenopsanecdoche]

What’s been surprising about fatherhood? I was given 6 weeks paternity leave. I got several books. I thought, “when he’s sleeping; I’ll be reading!” Trying to read one-armed with a fussy baby has been a challenge. I’m less than 200 pages into my first book, four weeks in.

[Shepherd Brown @Kenopsanecdoche]

@tracesoffaith Several churches in my community don’t have service that Sunday. I’ve never entertained it. In my opinion, it hints at a dramatic misunderstanding of what church is for.

[Shepherd Brown @Kenopsanecdoche]

Hallelujah. We were convinced to try again. 5 more embryos. The first four did not survive, but the last one has. Our son was born on Thanksgiving day and we cannot be more thankful. The tenth of 10 embryos. God is good.

[Shepherd Brown @Kenopsanecdoche]

Lord have mercy. I’m here holding my wife, who has cried herself out, after the news that our 12 year infertility journey is over, and tragically. We’ve lost 4 pregnancies. Today, the surrogate we’ve saved for for the past 4 years tested as not pregnant.

We’re heartbroken.

[Shepherd Brown @Kenopsanecdoche]

@emilykmay But they get something out of this; the stressing, doing, and complaining. I cannot figure it out for the life of me. Whatever it is, I think it’s very very good if a younger generation is letting it go. It would be wonderful for families to share the hosting burden.

[Shepherd Brown @Kenopsanecdoche]

@emilykmay I brought an electric skillet last year to make the pancakes, and spent the entire time being corrected and hovered over and henpecked. Pancakes. I make them dozens of times for church events every year… I know how to make them. Now hear me, my mom and sister are great.