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Associate Stated Clerk of the General Assembly- PC(USA).
Northeast raised. Midwest formed. Begrudgingly in KY.
Lover of story, carbs, vibey spaces, Death Cab, and a good rant. Posting as a human, not a job.
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I’m sorry…is that Lizzo covers? 🫣
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You love to see it! First sign of the day
She says her experience has been mostly positive so far. She's had army personnel and active duty come up to her and quietly thank her for this sign
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Instead, the Army's 250th birthday been hijacked and eclipsed by a megalomaniac. And that genuinely sucks, in ways that maybe hadn't entirely registered until right now. It's not fair
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While theatre isn’t where I landed ultimately, direction skills are an integral part of my life and work. And it’s because I had people who helped me make that space.
The theatre community is so much bigger than an awards show reveals.
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On a related note, my pastor parents did not permit the Left Behind books in our house because it was bad theology. Forever grateful.
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5. There are too many challenges that face the world for us to continue to not know enough about who we are and why we are, and too many for us to try to do the work alone.
We must know who we are.
We must know what God is calling us to be.
We must do it with one another. 7/7
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We may not be able to claim PC(USA) exclusive ministries. We may not be able to claim PC(USA) specific jobs. We may have to release some of the stroking of our own egos and titles in order to instead recognize the service we can step into with no claim for recognition. 6/
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ecumenical, interreligious, and community partners. We need to know what we believe and what our values are and then look for co-conspirators and allies in others.
4. This may mean we have to reduce the number of things we claim as distinctly our own. 5/
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3. We are spending much too much time looking inward at our problems and not enough looking to one another for how we live together as people of faith. This does not mean a reduction in ecclesial formation- rather it is a call to stronger ecclesial formation that prepares us for connecting to 4/
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happening quickly, when for others actions have felt quite slow. Funnily enough, many of us have held both complaints simultaneously. We must be more willing to invest ourselves in learning what is happening across denominations. 3/
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simply blame a policy or leadership choice as the cause of financial challenge. We also cannot act as though there is a magical fix for any one denomination. We are all in it.
2) As congregants and ministers, we have not done enough to stay aware of connectional realities. We feel things are 2/
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Yes! And the glasses for juice at the continental breakfast at my hotel are practically shot glasses.
But the beers are filled to the top of oversized glassware… it’s maybe my only complaint re:food culture.
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I know her brother, Mothman, better.
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I am nearly 85% convinced that they think Sith Lords are real…