Melissa Diem

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

Leadership lesson I return to weekly: Monitoring our own reactivity and prayerfully self-regulating is the primary task of leadership in a fractured and anxious world.

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

If Jesus saved a seat for Judas at the table, and washed his feet, surely, by the grace of God, we can come to the table with fellow Christians we disagree with.

[Joe Henseler @JoeHenseler]

It can happen to anyone.
https://t.co/UXqoEimsqJ

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

It really is a curious evangelism strategy to despise the people you are trying to bring to Jesus.

[Diane Langberg, PhD @DianeLangberg]

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a man who stood for Christ and against not just Hitler but also the Christendom of his day, penned this benediction from prison: “May God in his mercy lead us through these times; but above all, may he lead us to himself.”

#RedeemingPower

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

To say that Jesus is risen is not to say that a dead corpse has come back to life, but that God’s future—one marked by a new, resurrected world—has already invaded this one in Christ.

This is the best news in the world!

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

When Paul writes that God can do exceedingly abundantly above all we ask or think (Eph 3:20), he's not referring to private blessings.

He's writing about God's abundant power to join people together from mutually hostile histories into a new humanity in Christ.

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

Discipleship in the US must consistently be oriented towards freeing the Church from political captivity, pernicious sexism, insatiable militarism, pervasive racism, unfettered materialism, proud individualism, & rampant classism.

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

When we confess our virtues we are competitors. When we confess our sins we are brothers (and sisters).

- Karl Barth

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

Any person who fits neatly in a political party does not fit neatly in the kingdom of God.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

My statement on the death of George Floyd:

[Melissa Diem @MelissaDiem]

Needed this reminder...

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

If you’re unbothered or mildly bothered by the 1st knee, but outraged by the 2nd, then, in my father’s words, you’re “more devoted to order than to justice.” And more passionate about an anthem that supposedly symbolizes freedom than you are about a Black man’s freedom to live.

[Timothy Keller (1950-2023) @timkellernyc]

The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and imperfect, and who look forward to something greater to come.
—Dietrich Bonhoeffer

[Simon Sinek @simonsinek]

We can not control a relationship. We can only contribute to a relationship. All relationships, business or personal, are an opportunity to serve another human being.

[Melissa Diem @MelissaDiem]

@cnieuwhof Do you use your connection card for attendance purposes? Do adult attendees use the card to let you know they are there, at church, that day?

[Melissa Diem @MelissaDiem]

It will not come by force but by the power of truth presented in overwhelming love. Our inability to conceive of it other than by force merely testifies to our obsession with human means for controlling other people.

[Melissa Diem @MelissaDiem]

Thought provoking... injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere -MLK

[Joe Henseler @JoeHenseler]

Inspired by Dr. King, here's my hope for America

https://t.co/nCiCHOoNJB

[chuck degroat @chuckdegroat]

"Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly now, love mercy now, walk humbly now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.”

Talmud