Sarah Graham

Trying daily to put Christ at the center of all...and laughter. Jesus & Joy...They're all I need....and my kids. Jesus, Joy, My kids...and this remote control.

[Sarah Graham @samagr75]

@StevenMyersV2 Apologies. Snark unintended. I'm fatigued, and the heartbreak is real. What was said from the microphone on this issue was personal. And it wasn't about cost.

[Sarah Graham @samagr75]

On behalf of the 2300 churches (mostly small & rural) in California and countless others in HI, AK, AZ, NV, and the rest, it grieves me to the depths that SOME SBC'ers can't reckon coming west ONCE every 5 years... Disenfranchisement runs this way, sir, not your way. #SBC26

[Sarah Graham @samagr75]

@StevenMyersV2 Thank you. I'm familiar. Once every 5 years is the topic on the table. Where's the map that shows the wealth of SBC churches? I would assume it follows suit. Once every 5 years can't be that unreasonable. CA has a large number of poor rural churches, too.

[Sarah Graham @samagr75]

@photogenicplaty @davidallenreed @WillyRice for the West to only ever suffer is a take that the majority of messengers couldn't get on board with. And for that, I am grateful. For a president to suggest such a thing is why many may not have wanted to vote for him. I stand by it.

[Sarah Graham @samagr75]

@photogenicplaty @davidallenreed @WillyRice I suggest we allow for a gathering in the West once every 5 years... Just like the messengers affirmed in their vote. The hardship for the East (a fraction of the time) is clearly the public argument for a completely different agenda.

[Sarah Graham @samagr75]

@photogenicplaty @davidallenreed @WillyRice So, just the unfortunate percentage of us (serving in extremely difficult areas, btw) get to struggle every time.... because only 80% of the time is insufficient. Message received. We hear you. We feel it.

[Sarah Graham @samagr75]

@photogenicplaty @davidallenreed @WillyRice In the nicest way possible.... would you consider 70% of the time in the East reasonable? Cuz right now (and going forward), it's 1 in 5 years. It was WAY worse before. Once every 41 years....literally. :-/

[Sarah Graham @samagr75]

@StevenMyersV2 Is once every 5 years really that unreasonable? We were in Anaheim recently, but before that, it had been 41 years. I'm just not seeing it.... unfortunately, the good gentleman said the thing out loud from the mic. "we win when keep in near us" (paraphrased) The West heard it.

[Sarah Graham @samagr75]

@keahbone I suppose as long as she doesn't say anything about God, Jesus, or the Bible in between songs, she might be okay. Only superficial pop psychology from the women, sir. ;-)

[Sarah Graham @samagr75]

@photogenicplaty @davidallenreed @WillyRice Rallying the troops to fight against coming to the West, which has clearly fanned the flames, is one big reason why some may not have wanted to vote for him. How are West Coast Southern Baptists supposed to feel with him at the helm?

[Sarah Graham @samagr75]

@barryefields It's downright dirty and against the spirit of our polity

[Sarah Graham @samagr75]

There are no words strong enough to express my deep and sincere gratitude to Dr. Jeff Iorg for picking up the mantle of SBC EC President. He said yes to the call, and Southern Baptists owe him their unwavering support for a role no one else would or could take on. #SBC26

[Sarah Graham @samagr75]

I can't prove it, but I'm fairly sure there is an official rule that if you are going to be a "second!"-er, you have to sit in the back flanks of the main hall....#SBC26

[Sarah Graham @samagr75]

@WardrobeDoor Is that when you determined to be WardrobeDoor? ;-)

[Sarah Graham @samagr75]

@MikeSHubbard Top Stops List?

[Sarah Graham @samagr75]

@Jonathan_Howe I trust you are taking a slew of selfies....

[Sarah Graham @samagr75]

"Don't preach the motion." ~Clint Pressley.... (Thank YOU, Mr. President).

[Sarah Graham @samagr75]

#SBC26 Let's Rock and Roll, Southern Baptist friends!

[Sarah Graham @samagr75]

@Jonathan_Howe I’m going to start “losing” A LOT of glitterific apparel.

[Sarah Graham @samagr75]

I could agree more.

[Philip Nation @philipnation]

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