Rev. Mike Seawright

Anglican Priest planting Trinity in Burke, VA. Married to Jenny, dad to 3 boys. Fuller MDiv. I believe Jesus changes everything.

[Rev. Mike Seawright @mtseawright]

@BobMann2001 @DavidAFrench Only one team had two all-nba players on the court..

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

Goodness. What a prophetic quote from 44 years ago.

[Paul Anleitner @PaulAnleitner]

You need to listen to what Malcolm Guite says here about the “meaning crisis.”

Postmodernism taught us to distrust and deconstruct the “old stories.”

But culture held on to these stories for centuries for a reason.

No one can live “story-less.”

[Ben Sasse @BenSasse]

Habits for Humanity in the Age of AI https://t.co/AxoHrzLZFk

[Rev. Mike Seawright @mtseawright]

@Trinity_U @spurs Go Spurs Go!

[Trinity University @Trinity_U]

A Trinity tradition continues. Go Spurs Go!

Shoutout to our Facilities Services team for helping bring the banner back to Murchison Tower.

@spurs

[Garrett Kell ن @pastorjgkell]

New MRI study on 3–5 year olds: Just 2 hours of interactive screen time per day is linked to measurable loss of white brain matter.

"Screentime will be to this generation what smoking was to a previous generation."

This report is worth your attention.

https://t.co/OZYWmkW4nx

[Rev. Mike Seawright @mtseawright]

@marcusbrown @Ferndiggity @BethMooreLPM We use it (@Ferndiggity 's Trisagion) during Advent at our ACNA church!

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries:

“It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones.

“There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion.

“If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the ‘medicine closet’ and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That’s why you should always have a nutrition choice!

“Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity.”

[Dudes Posting Their W’s @DudespostingWs]

Controversial take: Brisket should be the meat of Thanksgiving, not Turkey.

[Rev. Mike Seawright @mtseawright]

Highly recommend.

[Rev. Mike Seawright @mtseawright]

@BackpackerMag This looks amazing. Which adventure expedition did the author participate in?

[Michael Niebauer @RevNiebauer]

I had an incredible experience preaching in an assisted living facility in Wisconsin this past week.

[Rev. Mike Seawright @mtseawright]

@jeremyaustill @RJCoburn11 @drantbradley I mean, yes. But then we design programs that make it as easy as possible to outsource discipleship away from parents and an inter-generational community. We center the youth specific program, rather than the family or inter-generational community.

[Rev. Mike Seawright @mtseawright]

@RJCoburn11 @jeremyaustill @drantbradley I would argue that the problem isn't that we don't have the right young adult or college programs, but that we're not laying adequate foundations for life-long discipleship and participation in an inter-generational church.

[Rev. Mike Seawright @mtseawright]

@RJCoburn11 @jeremyaustill @drantbradley Totally worth thinking about. But I think we're perfectly designed to get the results we're getting. Too often contemporary youth ministry has been about keeping kids entertained and getting lots of butts in seats, not about growing 35 year old Christians (20 years down the line)

[Rev. Mike Seawright @mtseawright]

@drantbradley @jeremyaustill So if many churches had "modernized" youth ministry by the mid to late 80s, and certainly by the 90s, it would make sense to start seeing some drop off within 5 or 10 years.

[Rev. Mike Seawright @mtseawright]

@RScottRoper @drantbradley I think it was pretty institutionalized by the 1980s. Certainly 90s. Churches hiring youth pastors, growth of youth ministry conferences, etc.

[Rev. Mike Seawright @mtseawright]

@jeremyaustill @drantbradley Totally. But also, he's right!! I was a youth group kid late 90s, early 00s. Tons of kids in the youth ministry. Not many actively connected to the church a decade later.