Bri Schimmy

In love with a Resurrected Carpenter (Who reconciled me to my Father), my hubby & kids. History & lit nerd who gets rowdy about orphans, widows & refugees. BLM.

[Bri Schimmy @MrsSchimmy]

“Rebuilding our nation’s significantly-dismantled refugee resettlement system will take a great deal of effort and advocacy, as will reuniting families separated by our government along the border...”

[Matthew Soerens @MatthewSoerens]

Today, President Biden announced that the U.S. refugee resettlement program will return to a refugee ceiling of 125,000 in the next fiscal year. Here's a response from @WorldRelief https://t.co/q0xgHXRojY

[Bri Schimmy @MrsSchimmy]

@GreyWolfV2 @AdamWilson_52 @ZachWLambert Especially knowing what and how often Jesus spoke about gays.

[Bri Schimmy @MrsSchimmy]

@MerriamWebster LEVAR BURTON immediately

[Timothy Keller (1950-2023) @timkellernyc]

Jesus warns people more often about greed than about sexual immorality, yet few thinks they are guilty of it.

[Timothy Keller (1950-2023) @timkellernyc]

The Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone...Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance...that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive... to do his will. 2Tim2

[alison @alisonlovestv]

cw: pregnancy loss

I live in Alabama, a state with a total abortion ban, and was so overjoyed when I found out I was pregnant last month. I’ve been doing everything right. Stopped caffeine, took my prenatal vitamins, followed every rec. But I started bleeding on Tuesday.🧵

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

When people are literally dying from mass shootings and police brutality in our country, but our culture just hears the loudest voices in Christianity protesting drag queens and books, we can’t expect people to believe our religion has anything to do with life conquering death.

[David French @DavidAFrench]

A proposed test for diagnosing when your politics is threatening to become your religion:

If you learn someone shares your faith but not your politics, and you immediately distrust their faith, then your politics might be displacing your religion.

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

I don’t think we Christians realize how fragile a picture we paint of Christianity when we act as though it is so dependent on certain people and parties being in power and entire nations abiding by our beliefs.

That’s not the gospel of Jesus.

That’s codependency.

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

Satan showed Jesus all the empires of the world.

Satan said “All this I will give you if you worship me.”

Jesus said, “it’s written, worship God alone.”

Christian Nationalism is what it looks like to try to justify giving into this temptation in the name of God.

[Bri Schimmy @MrsSchimmy]

@dalepartridge Anyone who doesn’t know God’s love is heartbreaking. But this take that a *childless woman* will be empty is not based on scripture.

[April Ajoy @aprilajoyr]

Men's Church Events:
Eat a Steak Dinner before you smash cars, play basketball and win a new golf set or grill!

Women's Church Events:
Eat a Yogurt Parfait, hear the Esther story again and hope your "such a time as this" is winning the flowery journal that says "Beloved"

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

American notions of freedom are usually at odds with Christian freedom.

American freedom says, “my freedom is mine to enjoy.”

Christian freedom says “my freedom is for the purpose of serving my neighbor.” (Gal 5:13)

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

FYI this isn't stopping. There have been 18 mass shootings SINCE Uvalde.

You need to know this. Because it's not going to stop until we do something.

1/ Here's just a sampling of the slaughter in the last six days:

[Rabbi Mark Asher Goodman @RabbiMarkAsherG]

In Judaism, if you say a prayer over something, then fail to do the requisite action that follows, like blessing bread and not eating it, it’s a bracha levatla - which is a sinful act.

If you pray for victims of gun violence but do nothing, it is a sinful act.

[Bri Schimmy @MrsSchimmy]

@willainsworthAL Guns are THE #1 thing killing kids in the US. Where are you proposing funding to make schools impenetrable with trained, armed guards come from? Children and teachers are sitting ducks.

[Bri Schimmy @MrsSchimmy]

@NRA How many people have to die before it’s enough?

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

The disheartening irony of much of Evangelicalism in the US is that there’s an unwavering belief in total depravity, but so much disbelief in racism in all of its individual and institutional forms.

[Bri Schimmy @MrsSchimmy]

@AskTSA can nursing moms bring gel packs for breast milk?
https://t.co/K1PAPprcif

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

Scores of civilians executed by the Russian military.
Russia literally unfolded a killing spree in its occupied territories in Ukraine.
The year is 2022.