Paul McDill

Follower of Christ, Husband, Daddy, and Pastor

[Paul McDill @pmcdill]

@Nicolascole77 @micsolana This is not true.

[Paul McDill @pmcdill]

@molecule_trader @mcuban @DrDiGiorgio How many years of their life and and at what cost did they have to spend to be able to sit with you for 15 minutes and offer value? You are not paying for the 15 minutes.

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@tupapiindeed @JaredStillman Which athletic departments with high paid coaches went bankrupt??

[Paul McDill @pmcdill]

@tupapiindeed @JaredStillman This would solve nothing. Coaches have contracts. You rarely see a head coach 1 and done at a college. You see it ALL THE TIME with players now.

[Paul McDill @pmcdill]

@coachct12 @JaredStillman Because all the other sports besides football and men’s basketball lose money.

[Paul McDill @pmcdill]

@MikeMyerstein @canefilms @tv_wareagle *checks notes…..It was!!!

[Paul McDill @pmcdill]

@LeBatardShow @MichaelRyanRuiz @Trysta_Krick Sounds like you are saying he should just “shut up and dribble”????

[Paul McDill @pmcdill]

@drgurner Serious question here….why is using the technology tools available seen as laziness? We don’t view it as laziness in any other arenas (cars vs walking, handwriting vs typing, etc…). I suspect it will soon be accepted and people who see it as laziness are slow adopters.

[Paul McDill @pmcdill]

@nuvolition @SethDillon Seems like a weird take…. “Seth you should say the stuff that gets you more likes.”

[Clint Teeples @TeeplesCY]

"If I told you there was one free thing you could do every Sunday that would make your kids happier, healthier, smarter, and closer to you, you'd think I was selling something."

Take your kids to church regularly. I don't care if you believe. The data is so lopsided that skipping it is the parenting equivalent of refusing vegetables because you don't like the taste.

Grades. Religious teens get As at almost twice the rate of nonreligious teens. In a class of 100, that's 24 A-students instead of 14. Church gives a kid the same academic boost as being born rich instead of poor.

College. Working-class religious kids earn bachelor's degrees at double the rate of their nonreligious peers. Middle-class kids do it at 1.5x the rate. For families without a trust fund, this is one of the most powerful forms of upward mobility social scientists have measured.

Character. Religious teens are far less likely to lie, cheat, or do things they hope their parents never find out about. They're more likely to care about racial equality, the elderly, and the poor. They reject the idea that morality is whatever works for you in the moment. That kind of kid doesn't happen by accident. It's built.

Closeness. 60% of parents of religious teens say they feel "extremely close" to their kid, compared to 50% of nonreligious parents. The kids report the same thing back. They get along better with their parents, talk about hard stuff, and actually want to spend time with their family.

Despair. Religious teens are dramatically less likely to be depressed, anxious, lonely, or feel that life is meaningless. 90% of devoted religious teens never binge drink, compared to 41% of the disengaged. Economists named the modern epidemic "deaths of despair." Regular church attendance is one of the strongest known buffers against it. Parents are spending fortunes trying to solve teen mental health. The most evidence-backed intervention is free.

Purpose. Religious young adults report higher purpose, gratitude, life satisfaction, and resilience. These are the exact traits every parent says they want their kid to have.

Here's why it works. Affluent families already surround their kids with networks of stable, accomplished adults through neighborhoods, schools, and parents' colleagues. Working and middle-class families usually don't. A congregation is often the last institution in American life that puts your kid in weekly contact with dozens of stable, employed, sober adults who know their name. It used to be called "a village." Now it barely exists outside of churches.

"But I don't believe." Your kid doesn't need your theology. They need you to show up.

"But church is boring." So is sitting through a kindergarten music recital. Parenting is the deliberate choice to be bored on purpose for someone you love.

There's a church within 15 minutes of nearly every American home. You don't need money, connections, or credentials to walk in. Nothing else in this country will surround your kid with engaged adults, teach them moral seriousness, and give them a stable weekly rhythm at zero cost.

You already drive them to practices that produce far less. The free thing on Sunday produces more, on more dimensions, than almost anything else you do as a parent.

You don't have to believe anything. You just have to take them.

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

This is the most detailed MRI scan of an unborn baby.

At just 20 weeks, she is moving, turning her head, kicking—even standing. Her beating heart is also visible.

Human life is a miracle.

[Paul McDill @pmcdill]

@howertonjosh @ClayTravis 🗣️

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@vishisinghal_ Claude

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@howertonjosh @jason_howerton Wait…ya’ll are not related?

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@hitango666 Iran sounds amazing. I bet they have a problem with illegal immigration. Surely people are trying to live there by the millions from around the world!!!

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Booked flights through @Expedia . They changed my flights. Now I have 19 minutes to connect on an international flight. Can’t get customer service to help. So far, it’s been a very frustrating experience.

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@jbendery @grok is this true?

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[Paul McDill @pmcdill]

@snnajieze @elonmusk He probably need to “discuss options” with you. lol