Nic Howe

Christian. Husband. Caring for people’s souls through therapy/counseling. Geek of Star Wars, Dresden Files, and other fine cuts on my nerd charcuterie board.

[Nic Howe @macnacnic]

@bobtomato28 @conradstoll @smartgroceryapp I’m having this issue as well. Any ideas?

[chuck degroat @chuckdegroat]

“God accepts our desires as though they were a great value. So let us not be apathetic in our asking.”
— St. Gregory Nazianzen

In church youth group growing up, the message was that you can’t trust your desires. That you can’t trust yourself. I learned to think of myself as a ticking sin bomb waiting to explode.

It took many years and a lot of work to dig out of that mess. And it took re-discovering a more beautiful way even in the Christian tradition, the voices of saints like Gregory Nazianzen (died 390 AD) and the contemplative tradition of the church to awaken me to the depths of goodness, dignity, and holy desire not just as some “therapeutic” import to the faith (as I was often told) but as the inheritance of every image-bearer and all whose lives are hidden with Christ in God.

How do Gregory’s words meet you today?

[Nic Howe @macnacnic]

@LukeMcCarnan This vibes with me, and smells of truthiness. I like it. Good work

[Nic Howe @macnacnic]

@chuckdegroat I just finished your book Wholehearted. This Fred rogers song seems to sum up much of it.

[MisterRogersQuotes @MisterRogersSay]

“You’re much more than your sadness and you’re much more than your frown.
More than a yell or a tap or a pout
More than a bellow or a slap or a doubt.
You’re more than a moment, a feeling, a part,
You’re more than an outside, you’re inside your heart.”

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"Our society is much more interested in information than wonder, in noise rather than silence...And I feel that we need a lot more wonder and a lot more silence in our lives"

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“Confronting our feelings and giving them appropriate expression always takes strength, not weakness. It takes strength to acknowledge our anger, and sometimes more strength yet to curb the aggressive urges anger may bring and to channel them into nonviolent outlets.”

[Nic Howe @macnacnic]

@joelnewton Glad I got to know ya at one of those stints. 🍎

[Nic Howe @macnacnic]

It's my #Twitterversary! I have been on Twitter for 14 years, since 13 Mar 2009 (via @twi_age).

[Nic Howe @macnacnic]

@Novo_HQ @lori_howard Same issue here. Following

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@RobertEndyk Comparing her to Jadis infers a level of intellectual horsepower I’ve not seen from her. She’s just loud.

[Nic Howe @macnacnic]

@twrriegel @Apple My iPhone shows the time? Or is it that only on some models?

[Nic Howe @macnacnic]

@TeawithTolkien With the text mentioning Tom has darker skin, I always thought @reggiewatts would make a fantastic bombadil. With both the quirkiness, the singing, the whismy and mystery, Reggie is definitely my head cannon for Bombadil

[Nic Howe @macnacnic]

New life goal

[DOPE DIGITAL 🌐 @TheDopeDigital]

Nah this is fire. I love when concepts like this are executed properly. https://t.co/IQicrqlJ1M

[Nic Howe @macnacnic]

@ScottAniol This feels tone deaf and a weird hill to die on

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@bethfelkerjones @longshotauthor @PatrickRothfuss @JonathanRenshaw

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@MadScientistFF Ritz crackers

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@RyanKennedy_22 Sam Elliott

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@TeawithTolkien @PatrickRothfuss on his weekends