Stephanie Thompson

Ordained Pastor, speaker, wife, mother, Redbud writer, mental health advocate, exploring the sacred connections we have with God and each other

[Sharon Hodde Miller @SHoddeMiller]

Incarnation is ultimately louder than declaration.

It's why Jesus didn't merely announce the kingdom, but embodied it.

It’s why parents must live what they teach.

And it’s why women using their gifts has more eternal influence than debating whether or not they should.

[Tom Wright @profntwright]

The story of all four gospels is not the story of how God came in Jesus to rescue souls for a disembodied, other-worldly heaven. It is the story of how God, in Jesus, became king on earth as in heaven. Ultimately, any would-be Christian view which doesn’t serve that central vision is, in my view, either folly or idolatry, or possibly both. I realise that’s quite a serious thing to say about a very large swathe of would-be orthodox theology, but I am afraid it may be true. I believe therefore that a Christian anthropology must necessarily ask, not, what are human beings in themselves, but, what are human beings called to do and be as part of the creator’s design? Not to ask the question that way round, and to think simply about ourselves and what we are, risks embodying, at a methodological level, Luther’s definition of sin: homo incurvatus in se.
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Mind, Spirit, Soul and Body: All for One and One for All Reflections on Paul’s Anthropology in his Complex Contexts

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[Stephanie Thompson @s2thomp]

@SarahGeringer I just preached about this text and narrative. So powerful!

[Sara Spector @Miriam2626]

DEI isn’t saying to white people you won’t get the job at the Air Force because you are white. It’s saying to black kids who grew up in a tough environment, if you don’t think you can fly a jet for the Air Force , guess what you can!
Adam Kinzinger

[Stephanie Thompson @s2thomp]

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[Catherine McNiel ☕📚🌱 @CatherineMcNiel]

And this...

[We] have been nurtured thru fear into hatred, from hatred to neglect. If God's true people are known by their love as Jesus claimed, we must ask ourselves if God's true people are standing somewhere other than under the sign marked "Christian."

(Fearing Bravely)

[Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy]

It's been 61 years since the #MarchOnWashington. Surely progress has been made in the 6 decades since, but employment discrimination is far from extinct in the US.

Formerly incarcerated people still face huge obstacles to finding stable employment – and it hurts everyone.

[Stephanie Thompson @s2thomp]

Why We Need to Create a Liturgy of Soul Check ups, by @s2thomp https://t.co/fnPCB7eRpw

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Some days you wake up having no idea where the day will take you
Even when you wind up in the farthest, most unsettling place, you realize you are still here. And that's enough.

[Stephanie Thompson @s2thomp]

Listening to others' stories makes us better humans. It can rip apart the fabric of our assumptions.

[Redbud Writers Guild @redbudwriters]

"We have the opportunity to offer grace and love in the most ordinary of moments. We share out of what has been given to us. It’s not ours to hoard....Always anticipate that any place can become Holy ground." - @s2thomp

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

If our Christianity is somehow offended by the idea of everyone having food, shelter, drinkable water, and healthcare, not only does this paint a deeply uncaring picture of our faith, but it also reveals that capitalism informs our beliefs more than the gospel of Jesus.

[Stephanie Thompson @s2thomp]

Seeking New Ways to See Each Other, by @s2thomp https://t.co/ie5lGlvsRY

[Beth Felker Jones @bethfelkerjones]

Happy Galentine's Day!

“You are anointed by the Spirit, a holy, beloved woman of God who has lavished talents on your precious gorgeous savvy gifted called gal self.”
-Beth Felker Jones

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What the Woman in Mark 5 Teaches Us About Claiming Visibility, by @s2thomp https://t.co/FGHpzkKWZq

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@CatherineMcNiel My display has a history of showing themselves this way.