Why Bother?
Because right now, there is someone
out there with
a wound in the exact shape
of your words.
- Sean Thomas Dougherty
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#writingtohelpeople
#encouragement
#personalgrowth
#emotionalgrowth
#spiritualgrowth
#makeadifference
Because right now, there is someone
out there with
a wound in the exact shape
of your words.
- Sean Thomas Dougherty
#writer
#writingtohelpeople
#encouragement
#personalgrowth
#emotionalgrowth
#spiritualgrowth
#makeadifference
01:16 AM - Feb 03, 2023
6 Threaded Spouts
Thesis Excerpt #3 : (Continuing to describe the problem) "This utilitarian theology has broad implications for the church. Catholic theologian Leonardo Boff named the risk when Christians commit themselves to hierarchy: 'The monarchical conception of power...
08:44 PM - May 09, 2024
2 Threaded Spouts
Welcoming my eldest to her new responsibility over sushi. We’re talking politics, voting strategies (choose the bus that gets you closer to your destination rather than hoping for a perfect airline ticket that goes directly there),
09:37 PM - May 08, 2024
2 Threaded Spouts
One of my most recent reads is Brian Zahnd's new book, The Wood Between the Worlds:A Poetic Theology of the Cross.
This is probably my strongest recommendation of any book I've read this year. #goodtheologysaveslives
This is probably my strongest recommendation of any book I've read this year. #goodtheologysaveslives
08:23 PM - May 08, 2024
10 Threaded Spouts
Thesis Excerpt #2 : (Starting to lay out the problem) --
"We humans have often imagined God as the highest rightful holder of coercive power, a king whose absolute reign spans the cosmos.
"We humans have often imagined God as the highest rightful holder of coercive power, a king whose absolute reign spans the cosmos.
05:16 PM - May 08, 2024
3 Threaded Spouts
“The cruciform is to be our posture within the world. We are to be present in society, not with the clenched fist of anger, not with the wagging finger of shame, not with the pointing finger of accusation, but with arms outstretched in imitation of our crucified Lord...
04:35 PM - May 08, 2024
2 Threaded Spouts
This is what I hope for. "In his book Reality, Grief, Hope, Walter Brueggemann says the three prophetic tasks of the church are to tell the truth in a society that lives in illusion, grieve in a society that practices denial, and express hope in a society that lives in despair."
03:54 PM - May 08, 2024
5 Threaded Spouts
Thesis excerpt #1 : Quoting an anonymous pope, Voltaire noted, “If God created us in his own image, we have more than returned the favor."
11:29 AM - May 08, 2024
My son texted me today from school asking where he could get a lava cake. I suggested he could make one. He agreed, I got the ingredients, and he just finished!
08:54 PM - May 06, 2024
2 Threaded Spouts
Got back the final grade on my thesis. Very high marks! This completes my degree, and I'll be receiving my MA in Theology and Culture later this month, Magna cum Laude. Very thrilled and proud of my hard work.
04:40 PM - May 06, 2024
Fantastic conversation with Scott Coley on the historical development of white supremacy and Christian nationalism in modern Christianity and how Christians acting on good faith fall into these ways of being Christian. Worth your time.
https://overcast.fm/+MNqSx...
https://overcast.fm/+MNqSx...
08:35 PM - May 05, 2024
My work today: Producing a live stream training about deep self-care for therapists and other trauma workers. I think this one will get edited into an on-demand training this summer since it’s such an important and timely need.
10:58 AM - May 04, 2024
2 Threaded Spouts
Was introduced to this prayer on my recent trip. Been thinking about it a lot. A Prayer for Groups By Pádraig Ó Tuama.
God of groups, You are within and beyond all of our borders: Our names for you, our words about you, Our gatherings, our stories about you.
God of groups, You are within and beyond all of our borders: Our names for you, our words about you, Our gatherings, our stories about you.
09:57 AM - May 03, 2024
Woohooo! Just clicked send on my final thesis submission.
04:13 PM - May 01, 2024
Got final revisions for my thesis and they are not too demanding! I might be finished with the whole thing this week! #gradschool #goodtheologysaveslives #catsofinstagram #bellatrixlivesherenow
07:40 PM - Apr 30, 2024
Found a delightful little coffee shop. Heretic Coffee. Their logo is… get this! A Sheep in wolves clothing. I love it.
12:06 PM - Apr 30, 2024
4 Threaded Spouts
With my thesis (mostly) behind me, I'm getting to work on other writing projects. I've got a newsletter almost ready to go out.
11:20 AM - Apr 30, 2024
3 Threaded Spouts
“The kingdom that Christ established through his cross comes without any wars, without any battlefields, without any killing of enemies. Whatever justifies violence as a necessary means to a legitimate end is never the kingdom of heaven—
09:56 AM - Apr 30, 2024
2 Threaded Spouts
Therapists and other trauma workers, what you do is hard. You can't do this work sustainably unless you have strong boundaries and good self-care.
This week, Fri & Sat, my friend Byron Kehler is doing a 2-day training on essential self-care for trauma therapists.
This week, Fri & Sat, my friend Byron Kehler is doing a 2-day training on essential self-care for trauma therapists.
03:02 PM - Apr 29, 2024
2 Threaded Spouts
“As we look upon the crucified one, we can die to self-deceit and choose honesty; we can die to pride and choose humility; we can die to blame and choose mercy; we can die to disbelief and choose trust. As we do so, we enter a union with Christ experienced as a paradise of peace.”
10:01 AM - Apr 29, 2024
2 Threaded Spouts
“The cross is many things. One of the revelations of the cross is the divine repudiation of systems that seek to dominate a minority population through lethal force. When the powers that be justify their actions with empty euphemisms like “appropriate use of force,” the cross calls them to account.”
11:07 AM - Apr 28, 2024
2 Threaded Spouts
“The way toward universal restoration does not involve uniting in hatred of a common enemy. Achieving unity in a community by vilifying those who are religiously, ethnically, politically, or sexually different from us is forever condemned by the cross.”
12:25 PM - Apr 27, 2024
4 Threaded Spouts
Are you a therapist who deals with trauma recovery? A shocking percentage of therapists leave this field regularly because they can't bear up under the emotional strain.
07:32 PM - Apr 26, 2024
Today start here. David Wilcox’ classic, “Show the Way.” Listen closely to the words.
In this scene, set in shadows,
Like the night is here to stay
There is evil cast around us
But it's love that wrote the play
For in this darkness love can show the way
https://youtu.be/SguIoCxpd...
In this scene, set in shadows,
Like the night is here to stay
There is evil cast around us
But it's love that wrote the play
For in this darkness love can show the way
https://youtu.be/SguIoCxpd...
20 Show The Way - YouTube
David Wilcox Live in Sacramento November 2018Please buy Dave's music at www.davidwilcox.com
09:49 AM - Apr 26, 2024
Today, start here. In honor of my Jewish friends here and around the world who are in the week of Passover.
This song is a powerful prayer to me. Translated: “With an unending love You have loved the house of Israel your people: You have taught us Torah and mitzvot, laws and precepts.”
https://yo
This song is a powerful prayer to me. Translated: “With an unending love You have loved the house of Israel your people: You have taught us Torah and mitzvot, laws and precepts.”
https://yo
The Platt Brothers - Ahavat Olam - studio recording - YouTube
NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD/STREAMINGiTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1532378670?ls=1&app=itunesSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4vntNoy0JcjIVFA...
10:00 AM - Apr 25, 2024
3 Threaded Spouts
“Christianity cannot save the world by political power; it can only be corrupted by it. Jesus Christ crucified is the everlasting indictment on those who forsake the way of the cross to reach for the ring of political power. . .
10:39 AM - Apr 24, 2024
Today, start here. Some days, having faith sounds like doubt, fear, and a primal cry for a sense of Divine presence. Even that is part of the life of faith.
https://youtu.be/oKl2D35fy...
https://youtu.be/oKl2D35fy...
The Porter's Gate - Wake Up Jesus - YouTube
In July of 2020, The Porter's Gate Worship Project quarantined a small group of musicians at a farmhouse in rural Virginia to write and record new worship so...
10:34 AM - Apr 24, 2024
4 Threaded Spouts
Working at a coffee shop, sitting at a counter facing the window that looks out on the sidewalk. Watched an old guy, looking quite rough, sit down at a picnic table on the sidewalk.
07:31 PM - Apr 23, 2024
2 Threaded Spouts
“If we sit long enough with Christ crucified, it will become the place from which the god of this world who rules through accusation and violence is driven out. This is the exorcism we need . . . The cross is where Jesus does nothing less than re-found the world…
09:58 AM - Apr 23, 2024
2 Threaded Spouts
“In his crucifixion Jesus became the mirror by which the world could see the truth about itself. When we look at the cross, we see the truth that we are not a world of righteousness and justice…
10:42 AM - Apr 22, 2024
