President of Kay Warren’s mental health nonprofit org, Hope for Brighter Tomorrows (website coming) Horses, dogs, kids. Content in WSJ, NPR, CT, WP. Law degree
Asking for prayer again for our son, Daniel. He’s in hospital mute & catatonic b/c of schizophrenia. He’s always grateful after when I tell him how many prayed. 🙏🏼 Thankful for every prayer. This picture is after one of the countless hospitalizations. Hope to get him back soon.
Daniel got his 4 years clean chip today. So proud of him! 🎉
Born with alcohol/drug exposure; has schizophrenia; was homeless & addicted to crystal methamphetamine. Cried & prayed myself to sleep more times than I could count. Felt hopeless.
But God….
Grateful beyond words.
Hospital called. Assumed it was the nurse or case worker. Instead I heard two of my favorite words:
“Hi Mom”
Daniel is out of psychosis & catatonia! 🥳🥳🥳
Thank you to all who prayed & posted & cared. More grateful than I can express. ❤️
Great news, police just called. They have her. Not going to get into detail but can’t thank you enough for all the prayers and shares. She’s alive! Police got a tip from someone who saw the flyer on social media. THANK YOU!!
Cool news. Many of you have prayed for our son, Daniel (21) who has suffered terribly for 7 years w/refractory schizophrenia. He spent most of that time in hospitals. Finally, he’s been stable for 4 months & works PT at Wendy’s. Just called to say he was employee of the month. 🎉
Fox News guest Dave Ramsey: "I don't believe in a stimulus check because if $600 or $1400 changes your life you were pretty much screwed already. You got other issues going on."
Hospital calls. I pick up with some dread.
“I have a call for you.”
“Hi mom” Daniel is talking & he’s back!!!!!!
Thank you for your prayers. Truly, from the bottom of my heart, thank you.
Let’s be pro-life clear: we oppose any statutory language that (intentionally or unintentionally) criminalizes medical treatment for ectopic pregnancy or miscarriage. While this may seem like common sense, there are serious concerns & we must be crystal clear in this.
I know most everything in the world is much more important than this but would you pray for me? I believe in prayer. I’m as sick as I can ever remember being. So much so it feels a little scary. Thanks 🙏🏼
This just happened!!!!! (I am just a little giddy 🥰)
After 7 weeks, our son is well and out of the hospital.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your prayers!! They mean the world. Thanks be to God.
Our son w/ schizophrenia was hospitalized last night—-but— it’s been 8 months since that’s happened. It used to be nearly every 2 weeks for years & years. And, his roommates & boss have his back & want him back. And my psychiatrist friend at the hospital has eyes on him. Grateful
Since I know we all count it an honor to pray for one another, would you pray for our Daniel? He was hospitalized last night with extremely acute deterioration of his schizophrenia. He also has asthma so COVID would be very dangerous to him. Thank you from bottom of my heart.
If you don’t understand that adults who sexually molest CHILDREN are not being “sexually immoral” but are engaged in CRIMINAL conduct, get out of ministry.
You’re going to crush the vulnerable.
And if you know but your response is “that’s a distraction” you get out, too.
Best news alert!! Hospital just called & said we had a phone call. The next thing I heard was “mom”!!!! Daniel is talking again after 6 weeks & I want to weep from joy and say thank you to all of you who prayed. We are so grateful to God & grateful for medicine.
#Schizophrenia
Praise God from whom all blessings flow!!! We are bringing our son, Daniel, home today after one month in the hospital where he couldn’t walk or talk. He’s fully talking & just needs a walker to gain his strength back.
Thank you for your prayers 🙏🏼
This coronavirus quarantine can be exponentially harder for people with
#seriousmentalillness
who are already struggling in life beyond what most of us can imagine. If you pray, will you add them to your prayer list?
Goodbye sweet prince. I’ll love you forever. Run free. The good Lord gave me this horse when I wasn’t sure how I’d make it through life. I fell in love w/him over a fence at the Air Force Academy & God saw fit to make him mine. He died in my arms at 26 yrs old. Beloved Tovarish
So many of you have asked about our son, Daniel. That’s so kind, thank you. I’m sad to report there is no change. He’s still hospitalized after three weeks and we can’t visit b/c of Covid restrictions. He’s still mute & in a catatonic state. We’re praying for a Christmas miracle.
Oh my happy heart: when your young adult children celebrate each other even when we (their parents) live in a different state.
Daniel & Anna celebrating Daniel’s 4 years clean from meth. ❤️🥰😊
Happy happy mom here.
PSA for conservative evangelicals responding to the nightclub killings in CO Springs:
—the loss of life, terror & horror, grief of this tragedy = what’s important.
—-your offense taken by the media’s references to ministries in co springs = not important.
Please heed.
Would be grateful for prayers once again for our beloved son, Daniel, who had to be hospitalized last night because of a terrible schizophrenia deterioration. If history is any guide, he’ll likely be hospitalized for weeks or even months. Appreciate every prayer we can get. 🙏🏼
So
@Verizon
my vulnerable daughter is missing in Colorado Springs & your representatives won’t give the police (or us) the exact location of her phone, only an unhelpful large geographic swath. Every minute counts. What’s wrong with you?
Oh Twitter, thank you for your prayers for our son, Daniel! One week ago he was mute & catatonic.
#Schizophrenia
Tonight we chowed down at Texas Roadhouse.
Forever grateful for your prayers.
1-Re: Ravi & other sexual abusers, pls see
@BethMooreLPM
“I’m troubled by how often we fail to distinguish the difference between sexual immorality and sexual criminality.”
My least favorite Twitter is when I express sentiments of basic humanity regarding immigrant children and people come at me about abortion-as if I haven’t been advocating for unborn kids my whole life. Both unborn and immigrant children matter; it shouldn’t be hard to grasp.
Just read a Christian review of Oppenheimer that was all about the reviewers disgust with the nudity in the movie (I get that) BUT HAD ZERO to say about the invention that ushered in the mass killing of image bearers. Not one word on the latter. Not one word. Not a single word.
As we lament today, the anniversary of Roe, for lives lost, for unborn children, I’m always reminded some may experience deep regret, grief and pain over past choices. God’s love and mercy is endless and it’s for everyone. And we all need it the same. Grace and peace in Jesus.
Thank you for asking how our son is doing. Two weeks ago he decompensated into psychosis and was taken by ambulance. I’m sorry to say he’s still in catatonia experiencing immobility and muteness. More prayer for Daniel greatly appreciated.
#Schizophrenia
is a horrible disease.
How did it become socially acceptable to be fully contemptuous of the weak and vulnerable? When did it happen? People are proudly arguing that only weak & old people are at risk for Covid & they should shut-in so everyone else can skip masks. SMH.
So many of you have kindly & faithfully prayed for our son, Daniel, over the years during his many hospitalizations. He could use those prayers again as he’s once again been hospitalized. Schizophrenia is a horrible illness. We’re thankful he’s safe & has good doctors, meds. TIA
Prayer request & PSA re: schizophrenia. Big emotions can lead to decompensation & psychosis in people w/ schizophrenia. Our son Daniel has generally been doing incredibly well, but the death of our dog yesterday has put him into the ER once again. He’s mute w/some paralysis. 🙏🏼
I have a hope that someday all profamily people will care about traumatizing innocent immigrant children and all progressive people will care about saving the lives of unborn children.
Serious Christian twitter Q. What does one do w/ a Christianity that produces people in constant Bible study, prayer groups, conferences, social media arguing but quite literally never interacting w/suffering people in need?Those who are hungry, poor, orphaned, widowed, stranger?
Daniel graduated from high school today. 🎉💥With permission, I share that this is kinda miraculous news. It’s not easy to graduate when you’ve spent much of the last five years in hospitals.I’m so proud of him & so grateful to God for how much better he’s feeling.
#Mentalhealth
I just talked to Daniel (our son) at the hospital. He breathed really loudly into the phone for me since he can’t speak. It made my heart very happy. And the staff member (nurse or tech not sure) was so kind & nurturing as he talked about Daniel & how much they like him. Grateful
Got to see our precious son, Daniel, tonight in the hospital after 5 weeks. He’s still not speaking and he’s still very ill from schizophrenia. Thanks for your continued prayer.
I’ve got a bad case COVID. Spent much of yesterday in hospital. My friend
@KathCantwell
just prayed for me over the phone & urged me to ask for prayer here. I’d sure be grateful. 🙏🏼
Still need prayers. Our son, Daniel, remains hospitalized b/c of a schizophrenia decompensation. We’re on 3rd week & he’s still not able to speak. But the hospital allowed chaplain friend
@AmyPTracy
who is like an auntie to him. She played his favorite worship song. His smile. 😭
Still on cloud 9 that our son, Daniel, is out of the hospital and feeling great. We’re chatting non stop making up for 7 weeks of not being able to. Grateful.
Does anyone refer to the proof of vaccination necessary for children to go to school as a vaccine passport? To become a foster parent, you need proof of a negative TB test-a TB passport? Why is the coronavirus vaccination ridiculously political? She asks into the void...
This my first horse, my beloved old man, Tovarish. I love him so much. He was a gift from God beyond description.
He is nearing the end.
Wednesday he’ll cross the rainbow bridge. I have bouts of being v. v. sad. But he’s 26 & deteriorating quickly & I won’t let him suffer.
Everyone I know concerned about migrant kids at the border continues to be as concerned now as they were under the previous Administration. It wasn’t/isn’t political, it was/is human.
WATCH:
@drmoore
says dismissing Trump's sexual abuse verdict has "devastating implications."
"Think about the teenage girl in a church somewhere who's being abused by her youth pastor. ... She hears not only that, but when the victim is ridiculed ... the response is laughter."
Was hoping not to need to do this: but if you’re the praying type, would you pray for our son Daniel? He’s been in the hospital for 10 days —-discharge is not yet in sight. Thanks.
CW: animal death. I’d sure appreciate prayers. I awoke this morning to some crushingly sad animal news: my beloved Zorro’s Colter Bay died in his sleep. He was only 8 yrs old. I’m still in shock. Yesterday we galloped like the wind, kissed & snuggled like usual. Today he’s gone.
The SBC just isn’t worthy of
@drmoore
. Let’s be honest: all the internal energy spent fighting sex abuse reform & MLK50 shows us something. When they show you who they are, believe them. There are 2 distinct camps in the SBC. They seem nothing alike to me. Grateful for the
@ERLC
This guy on the right (son Daniel) is home safely from the hospital & back with his brother, Josh, in their apartment. Never been so happy to FaceTime and see our sons together again.
Thank you, again, Twitterverse for all the prayer. Means the world.
Asked an incredibly wealthy evangelical church (so much wealth!) if we could use its facility for a support group for struggling foster & adoptive parents who are meeting the needs of abused & neglected kids in our city. No, they said, it’s too costly w/ janitorial services. 😡
Only 12 days left as a resident of Colorado. When we arrived in 2008 from Hawaii, we were beyond excited for family life with our four kids. Trauma, Series mental illness & addiction nearly destroyed us. God, in His great mercy, has sustained us. This was a huge way He did so.
At Wheaton, we’ve lamented we haven’t done it well & we must do better on sex abuse. When you see someone take steps to try to do better, help them keep going, don’t shame them for not being further along-bring them along. And thanks to those who’ve paved the way.
@BethMooreLPM
Rick Santorum just said on CNN that Dr. Ford seems very authentic.
@KirstenPowers
educating the country about how anxiety disorder works, noting that if the ‘flying fear’ line of questioning is the GOPs smoking gun, they are in trouble.
It’s been two weeks since our son was hospitalized again. It’s literally happened more times than I can count. And I’m sorry to say he’s no better. He’s still mute so he can’t speak to us on the phone & there are no visits allowed. Will you keep praying for him?
#Schizophrenia
💔
The border policy of ripping innocent children away from immigrant parents will not stand. It’s inhumane & embarrassingly cruel. Those who stayed silent will feel the sting of regret.
#FamiliesBelongTogether
#NotWithoutMyChild
Speak Up!
Visited an ethnically diverse mega church. Jesus was proclaimed.
Then, the senior pastor made a cheap & cliche “joke” about trans people. NOT shepherd-like, NOT Christ-like.
One can have strong convictions AND not use human beings as the butt of jokes for cheap chuckles.
Can we stop dehumanizing human beings made in God’s image as “paranoid schizophrenics?” Our incredibly kind, wise, awesome son has the horrific disease of schizophrenia, which can include symptoms of paranoia.He’s a son, brother, friend & boyfriend-not “a paranoid schizophrenic.”
As I’ve noted here before, hospitalizations are common with 3 of our kids’ chronic and serious medical conditions. Well today all 3 are hospitalized at the same time in different places and 1 is in the ICU (seems precautionary). So, prayers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
One year ago I was with these beloved friends,
@KayWarren1
&
@BethMooreLPM
, speaking against the far too prevalent instances of sex abuse & cover up in church. There’s still much to do but I’m thankful for their hearts & passion to fight this scourge.
The update on this tweet is a prayer request. It’s been 10 days since Daniel was hospitalized and I’m afraid he’s no better. We’d sure appreciate prayer for him to improve & return to stability. This is him with his cousin. He’s such a kind & loving young man. Thank you for 🙏🏼
Our son w/ schizophrenia was hospitalized last night—-but— it’s been 8 months since that’s happened. It used to be nearly every 2 weeks for years & years. And, his roommates & boss have his back & want him back. And my psychiatrist friend at the hospital has eyes on him. Grateful
I retired T (24 yrs old) & took off his shoes. I don’t let anyone-even kids-get on him anymore. He’s has enough yanking on his mouth, he deserves peace. I was strangely longing for a spin around the yard on him. We have such history, he saved my mental health. We both loved it.
I would love to see pics of anything beautiful to you.
Thread of beauty… I’ll start. This is the daughter of a friend who rescued & rehabbed this previously abused horse.
This is trust & love & perseverance.
Goodness, thank you for all the prayer. I had to call 911 b/c I kept deteriorating. But I’m safe at the hospital. So grateful for EMTs-they were amazing. Not sure what’s wrong yet but I’m relieved to be safe and getting IV fluids.
I know most everything in the world is much more important than this but would you pray for me? I believe in prayer. I’m as sick as I can ever remember being. So much so it feels a little scary. Thanks 🙏🏼
Today is the first day in 6 months that I have no children in the hospital. Zero. Zip. None. 🎉 It’s 60 degrees & sunny .... and this swing arrived today.
Happy National Adoption Day to our crew. While adoption always begins in grief & loss, when love makes a family, hope & joy follow even amid challenge. No child should ever grow up without a loving family. ❤️
In true
@edstetzer
fashion, I picked up this beautiful creature from the Highway today on the way to Zumba. Trying to find his owners. If we can’t, I guess I have a new, giant, sweetheart of a dog.
Thanking God for preserving the life of dear friend
@KSPrior
Been with her at Vanderbilt Hospital today after a terrifying accident this morning where she was hit by a bus while walking in Nashville. She is grateful for all the prayers & notes. She’s a treasure, that’s for sure.
Annual Christmas reminder for parents of kids w/trauma histories:
-slow way down,
-ZERO expectations,
-simplify,
-spacing & dosing on togetherness,
-careful w/noise & sensory stimuli
-do NOT hang your Hope on this “finally being a
good Christmas”
-Hope only in Immanuel