Meryllia M. Carranza

Jesus lover. David's wife. Lili's mommy. Samoan-American. SF native residing in Oakland.

[Meryllia M. Carranza @msmeryllia]

@ThabitiAnyabwil 😂😂😂

[Thabiti Anyabwile @ThabitiAnyabwil]

Or not even know of them and still be a Christian.

[Ben Tacoma @BenTacoma]

@KaitlynSchiess I put this in my church, right on our "fidget bag" stand. Those are bags of small toys we provide for any kid (or adult!) who needs something for their hands during the service. None of these ideas were mine, simply putting forth the wisdom of others

[Kaitlyn Schiess @KaitlynSchiess]

@garonnevik YES. How we welcome children is a pretty good metric for how we welcome lots of marginalized or vulnerable people.

[Meryllia M. Carranza @msmeryllia]

this is so good. In my culture, growing up, as soon as a baby started crying in church, a parent automatically walked out with them. It’s so habitual for me to do but i’m trying to be okay with my girl crying and making loud baby noises 😂

[Kaitlyn Schiess @KaitlynSchiess]

Let me tell y'all why I'm so passionate about kids in church:

making churches safe and loving communities for messy, loud, wiggly children is a direct confrontation to our obsession with power, status, productivity, efficiency, and control.

[Meryllia M. Carranza @msmeryllia]

right, don’t cancel family, omg.

[Abigail Dodds @abigaildodds]

June is now a month for the celebration of LIFE! Praise God for his mercy!

[Dr. Derwin L. Gray @DerwinLGray]

In 1970, my mother was 16 & my dad was 17, when they convinced me. The school nurse told my mom "to abort me." My mom and dad were poor, in a hard, violent environment. But they let me live. They gave me a chance at life. I'm grateful.

[Meryllia M. Carranza @msmeryllia]

So moved by the prayer warriors in the body. Glory to God! The prayers of the righteous availeth much!

[Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth @NancyDeMoss]

“One’s pride will bring him low,
but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.”
—Proverbs 29:23

Pride is calamitous in anyone—but especially in followers of the exalted One who humbled Himself and died to save us from sin and pride.

Let’s make it #humilitymonth.

[Meryllia M. Carranza @msmeryllia]

@portiawcollins Praying for you now Portia!!!

[Meryllia M. Carranza @msmeryllia]

@johnhsmalls @jonmcreynolds right. smh!

[Meryllia M. Carranza @msmeryllia]

Don’t make an idol out of the thing God called you to do. He must always remain first!

[Meryllia M. Carranza @msmeryllia]

Can’t expect different results if you keep doing the same thing. Lord help me

[Meryllia M. Carranza @msmeryllia]

Don’t expect level 10 results when you putting in level 3 work. 😳

[Meryllia M. Carranza @msmeryllia]

Take me out to the ball game. #BabyLilisFirstGame #AtTheColiseum

[Meryllia M. Carranza @msmeryllia]

Hearing Lili’s sweet babbles on the morning >>>>>> 😭💜🥺 growing so fast. #babyLiliolevanu

[Meryllia M. Carranza @msmeryllia]

Thank You Lord for nap times.

[Johnny Stanton IV @johnnystantoniv]

I just found out the person killed in the Laguna Woods shooting yesterday was my primary care physician, Dr. John Cheng. Absolute hero. He attacked the gunman and helped save so many in that church. I just wanted his name to be known. He will be missed.

[Meryllia M. Carranza @msmeryllia]

Just watched #thematteroflife & it was so powerful! Figuring out ways to take action!