Susan Lear

[J.R. Briggs @jr_briggs]

"Above all, believe in the slow work of God."

[Jeremy Wayne Tate @JeremyTate41]

“You can never think your way to a good life, you have to live it, and virtues will be formed by habit.”

Ben Sasse, facing a terminal diagnosis, offers five life habits at St. John’s College Santa Fe commencement.

[Susan Lear @LearSusan]

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[Susan Lear @LearSusan]

What Iran, the World Cup, the NBA and the NHL have in common https://t.co/Da143xITvH via @denisonforum

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

There is a great gulf between the Christianity that wrestles with whether to worship at the cost of imprisonment and death, and the Christianity that wrestles with whether the kids should play soccer on Sunday morning.

—@JohnPiper

[J.R. Briggs @jr_briggs]

A Prayer of Letting
Stephen Smith

As I let go, may I be held.
As I lie down in exhaustion, please pick me up in strength.

As I release, do not release me.
As loosen my grip, tighten the space of your presence.
As I fall apart, pick up my shattered pieces.

As I watch you from afar, draw near to me inside my mind.
As I embrace my aloneness, be ever present with me.
As I fill up with anxiety, drain me of my worry.

As I flounder in my grief, help me find the Rock on which to stand.
As I confess my desolations, remind me that You are my consolation.

As I search for peace, please just show up!

As I close my eyes at night, may I be open to you in my sleep.

Amen.

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Jim Carrey's heartfelt message to a room of former inmates at Homeboy Industries: "This room is filled with God... You are heroes to me."

He opens up about his own challenges: Suffering leads to salvation—it's the only path. We must feel our pain and losses fully, then choose:
- The gate of resentment → vengeance → self-harm → harm to others
- Or the gate of forgiveness → grace

Just as Christ did on the cross—suffering terribly, doubting, feeling abandoned—yet choosing compassion and forgiveness for those causing the pain.
"That's what opens the gates of heaven for all of us."

Your presence shows you've already chosen grace.

2:34 clip delivering this profound reflection on forgiveness as liberation 👇

In tough times, has choosing forgiveness over resentment brought you grace? Or what's the hardest part of that choice for you?

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

Read this slowly.

[Susan Lear @LearSusan]

Advent Reading: Dec. 2, 2025 - Alpha https://t.co/W2WNv7EGQn

[Susan Lear @LearSusan]

Donald Trump, TikTok, and the power of the presidency https://t.co/kXElmHAyWc via @denisonforum

[Susan Lear @LearSusan]

We Thank You, Lord https://t.co/7UG0Mw3exr via @andreasanborn

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

Where to read what happened on each day of Holy Week.

Palm Sunday: Matt. 21:1–11
Monday: Matt. 21:12–22
Tuesday: Matt. 21:23–26:5
Wednesday: Matt. 26:6–16
Thursday: Matt. 26:17–75
Friday: Matt. 27:1–61
Saturday: Matt. 27:62–66
Easter Sunday: Matt. 28:1–20
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[Diane Langberg, PhD @DianeLangberg]

Institutions, organizations, ministries, places, systems are not Jesus Christ. Nor is Christendom the same as the living body of Christ. I fear many of us have confused Christendom, or our little corner of it, with Christ. They are not, nor have they ever been the same.

[Susan Lear @LearSusan]

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[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

In 2011, Japanese telecom company Docomo created one of the most beautiful adverts we've ever seen.

A giant xylophone in Kyushu playing Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" with a wooden ball rolling down its keys.

[Susan Lear @LearSusan]

Hebrews Chapter 8 https://t.co/B8HSI27fo3

[Susan Lear @LearSusan]

@ChrchCurmudgeon 1972

[Trevor Hudson @trevor040451]

Night Prayer: Lord, thank you that in our moments of failure, rather than giving up on us, you continue to have faith in us; give us the courage we need to face our failures, to learn from them, and to listen to how you are leading us into our tomorrow.

[Susan Lear @LearSusan]

Often times, being a judgmental critic doesn't make you part of the solution - it makes you part of the problem. https://t.co/dZyeIAkfmQ via @cnieuwhof

[Susan Lear @LearSusan]

True humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less. C.S. Lewis https://t.co/dZyeIAkfmQ via @cnieuwhof