Shannon Sullivan

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[Shannon Sullivan @sha_sullivan]

So...it should be a choice to wear a mask in #Texas because #mybodymychoice but no abortions allowed?

[Shannon Sullivan @sha_sullivan]

Con't The spiritual, physical, and mental damage that would cause me and my family would be irreparable. Our fixation with abortion turns out to do little to help children and a lot to harm families.

[Shannon Sullivan @sha_sullivan]

Listening to the news. A couple things that should not be political but are:

[Shannon Sullivan @sha_sullivan]

Con't After carrying a baby for nine weeks who I knew was dead most of that time, I could not imagine finding out at an anatomy scan at twenty weeks that my baby was dying (the time when many women discover this) and being forced to carry that baby twenty more weeks.

[Shannon Sullivan @sha_sullivan]

In the age of COVID-19, struggling with the need for healing from the virus and from loneliness and from racism, the story of the desperate bleeding woman in the Gospels feels more present than ever. #grief #writinggrief #honestgrieving
https://t.co/yaiyMV32bc

[Rachel Held Evans (1981-2019) @rachelheldevans]

"But whenever you aren't sure what God is like, think about what makes you feel safe, what makes you feel brave, and what makes you feel loved. That's what God is like."
-Rachel Held Evans from "What is God Like?"

Preorder at https://t.co/E7EN0USWV0 or wherever books are sold.

[Shannon Sullivan @sha_sullivan]

Terrible at using Twitter but...here goes another attempt at trying to post stuff about #grieflife #writinglife #pastorlife

[Shannon Sullivan @sha_sullivan]

I celebrated the life of a young man with his family today. I read this quotation in a blog post about the death of an infant, and it so moved me that I often share it at funerals. #grief #death #lifeafterloss
https://t.co/27o8AtpB8q

[Shannon Sullivan @sha_sullivan]

Got in the car and turned on the radio and what was playing on @DC101? Hole! Happy International Women's day to me!

[Shannon Sullivan @sha_sullivan]

"The cruelties of property and privilege are always more ferocious than the revenges of poverty and oppression." -C.L.R. James in The Black Jacobins

[Shannon Sullivan @sha_sullivan]

Christmas is weird, especially after many years of infertility. I wrote a short post about how we tell our story on Christmas: https://t.co/hfamYDWCqz #ivfmama #miscarriage

[Shannon Sullivan @sha_sullivan]

Amen

[Unvirtuous Abbey @UnvirtuousAbbey]

From angry, vindictive orange men with small hands and big egos deliver us O God.

[Shannon Sullivan @sha_sullivan]

#pastorproblems #advent #bringcoffee

[Shannon Sullivan @sha_sullivan]

"Black people are often expected to console and unify angry white folks when we make it to leadership positions..." Already hearing so much abt unity and healing when we need to be talking about policies that will transform. Thankful for this call to action from @ProfessorCrunk

[Shannon Sullivan @sha_sullivan]

I am so glad to be a French major if only so that I can read this: https://t.co/37V76E7Rfd #gritty #philly

[Shannon Sullivan @sha_sullivan]

Yessssss

[Mark Hamill @MarkHamill]

#BestEpisode_EVER

[Shannon Sullivan @sha_sullivan]

Stacey Abrams is AMAZING. Loved her preaching (it was called a lecture or something but it was a sermon) at @FestHomiletics this year

[Daniel Silliman @danielsilliman]

Since it looks like Stacey Abrams and company may have pushed Georgia blue last night, a little thread on the religious history behind her historic organizing effort.

File this under “the religious roots of the progressive movement,” h/t @jackjenkins