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Just talked to a
#Berkeley
freshman who said she'll be seeking counseling after
#BenAtBerkeley
event. She's not attending his speech.
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Santana Lopez, 25, has been at the protests for 3 days. I’m seeing her running around screaming for people to stay peaceful. She says she’s seen the looters and vandalizers and they’re mostly white folks and it makes her angry bc “they’re going to blame us.”
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The guy is ok. He got a scrape on his ankle and is in shock.
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One guy threw a water bottle at a passing cop car. One woman jumps up and screams, “Hey! Don’t break the peace!” This group— the majority of them— are desperately trying to stay peaceful. “Don’t give them a reason to hurt us!” One woman yells. “Them” = the cops.
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“If you’re a person of color! To the middle! If you’re white! Go to the edges!”
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Well, this was unexpected. Fam & friends are shocked, but nobody’s more shocked than my husband & I, as we too just found out last week that we had a boy growing inside me for 6 months.
From a clueless mom who thought kegels are a crunchy snack…this babe says, “Hello, world!”
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“You will not hurt anyone! You will not destroy property! Who are we here for?” “George Floyd!”
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It grieves me to know so many young Christians who are currently going through crises of faith, trying to reconcile the Gospel they’ve been taught with the actions of the ppl who taught them that Gospel.
It isn’t just our witness to the non-Christian public that’s at stake.
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Volunteers passing out bottles of water to protestors. Drivers honking to show their support.
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Businesses are boarding up their windows in preparation for another possibly chaotic night.
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All in wait. One guy screams at them, “Eff you! You’re not the only ones with guns!”
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Guy from NYC wearing
#MAGA
hat, 15 stitches frm antifa attack. Says USA is in political war but "they’re trying to make it into a race war."
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When I asked
@MarvinOlasky
if he can connect me w
@timkellernyc
for a Q&A, he said that's as easy as connecting me w Putin.
Well, in the midst of chemo & crazy schedule, Tim Keller sent me a 16-page response to my questions.
Here's part I of our Q&A:
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We’re ending the protest with a moment of silence on the knee: “I beg you— make it home safe tonight. Remember, no looting!”
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Some personal news: I’ve joined
@CTmagazine
as a global staff writer. I start in March.
I’ll be zipping across country & overseas, using in-depth reporting & narrative storytelling to highlight ordinary Christians living out the Good News in extraordinary ways around the world.
CT is excited to expand our in-depth reporting and storytelling with two new reporters: staff writer
@emlybelz
and global staff writer
@SophiaLeeHyun
.
They will be joining our team in the weeks and months ahead. Looking forward to more great coverage in
@CTmagazine
in 2022!
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“This is a peaceful protest. They told us we can’t do it and here we are! This is an opportunity for our generation to decide who is going to be Americans! Be angry! But sin not!” Crowd cheer.
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I found out about the Roe v. Wade decision while feeding my 7-week-old son. I didn’t know he existed until he was already 23 weeks in my womb.
It was the most surreal feeling sitting at a pregnancy crisis center, watching through the ultrasound this tiny human sucking his hand.
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Just want to add that as of now, this is STILL a peaceful protest! Many people working hard to keep it that way!
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Many knees down in front of city hall. Still maintaining peace. “Hands up! Don’t Shoot!”
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As much as I mourn the passing of Tim Keller, I love reading ppl’s reflections on his life & legacy. My heart burns: I want to live w such humility & grace.
The man kept on giving till his last breath. And even in death, he still gives. That’s a Christian life well-lived.
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Guy with loudspeaker now addressing the crowd: “We do not want anyone rioting or looting! If you’re going to loot, get the F out of here!” He goes on to say, “We’re going to change this. We are going to vote! Be calm, stay calm! Think think think!”
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Well, this is not news anymore, but this is my last week at WORLD Magazine after nine years on staff. I turned in my notice of resignation on Oct 27.
Here’s my final column for WORLD, bidding farewell to readers:
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Part II of my Q&A with
@timkellernyc
, in which he answers what he thinks is the greatest threat to modern-day Christians, why some ppl call him a liberal, his encouragement for small church pastors, and his wife Kathy’s role in his life & ministry:
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This determined boy decided he’s had enough of wiggling in my womb and decided to pop out early this morning. We only just made it to the hospital in time and right away I had to push.
He’s already an expressive, curious person with a will. I am so in awe of life.
My son was born this morning at 5:35am! Yes, a month early! Mom was a rockstar and got him out in 24 min!! Please pray for the little guy, he’s in the NICU for 24 hours getting monitored due to early birth. Mom is good 🙏🏻
He already has the grip of a left handed pitcher 😍
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Someone tagged this bench and another protestor, Ricky Woznichak, yelled are him: “Stop vandalizing.” He told me he’s upset because “this is not a good look. I don’t want the wrong ppl to get blamed.” He was at the protest in Fairfax yesterday, got shot rubber bullets by cops.
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I asked around if anyone know who the organizers are. “No idea.” “The internet, man.” “Who knows?” Apparently the organizers told protestors they’ll be kicked out if they get violent.
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The last 5 days, I’ve traveled through Warsaw & Krakow & some smaller border towns in Poland, and the response of churches all across 🇵🇱 to 🇺🇦 is, in an inadequate word, incredible.
Every pastor I’ve met tells me they don’t know of any church that’s not involved in some way.
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Asked a student why ppl need counseling for
#benshapiro
speech. She said they're afraid of "the type of people" he attracts.
#BenAtBerkeley
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I was pro-life— but a lot of that was intellectual. I’m now even more aware that a fetus is sacred life. I also understand the anxiety that comes w an unplanned pregnancy.
Pregnancy & motherhood take sacrifice, pain, loss— bc that’s what life takes. That’s what life is worth.
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In the last two weeks, my husband & I lost his mother to a reckless driver.
Canceled our honeymoon.
Caught COVID-19 at funeral events in North Dakota.
Now we're stuck w/ our thoughts-- and God.
Reading Ecclesiastes right now is a strangely appropriate & affirming experience.
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Biggest pet peeve right now: Ppl constantly telling me to “sleep while the baby sleeps!” I noticed they’re always older ppl, not parents of infants.
Do ppl have amnesia?? Who washes the dishes, cleans the mess the baby made, do laundry? When will I get some coffee & me time???
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“Keep the peace! Keep the peace!”
There are other protestors in front of them warning them to stay back. Now they’re chanting, “Don’t shoot! Don’t shoot!”
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I’m worried bc one of the guys here is carrying a gun. I told him, “Please don’t use it.” He smiles: “Not unless I got to.” He adds, “I won’t use it on you.” I’ve seen him yelling f-bombs all afternoon at cops. Many are watching him, pulling him away when he gets aggressive.
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We are heading home. My husband gave up his birthday celebration today to accompany me to the protest and we haven’t even had time for lunch. Praying for my city tonight. God, we need you so much. Hear our cries as you heard the cries of the Israelites in Egypt.
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These last 2 years were hard for pastors, as they have been for my parents. I've never seen them so burned out & heartbroken. Yet when I visited them in Oct, I heard my dad singing, w tears in his eyes, a Chinese hymn: "Lord, why are you so good to me?"
I learn so much as a PK.
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THREAD:
I had an interview with a pastor who recovered from
#COVID19
. For 14 days he self-quarantined in a guest room. Wife left food outside, kids FaceTimed him to talk. The fatigue, the fevers, the physical ailments were hard, but not as hard as the social isolation, he said.
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At the Warsaw Central Station today, among the many volunteers helping Ukrainian refugees, I met this man performing magic tricks & silly stunts for Ukrainian kids. His name is James and he’s an engineer from Ireland who flew out to Warsaw simply to entertain the little children.
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Man at
#BenAtBerkeley
protest: So-called "free speech" right-wingers are trying to "influence the naive minds of young students."
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Curfew is at 6 pm. We’re about an hour away from that. My phone is running out of juice. Crowd is inching closer and closer to city hall. Praying this stays peaceful.
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Hey fellow human beans, not everyone who opposes abortion for moral & religious reasons are xenophobic, racist fundamentalists who hate women and the poor. We simply believe that a fetus is a human life created in the image of God, and that same truth applies to all human beings.
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Second biggest irony at
#berkeley
today: Crowds of mostly white people screaming "Black Lives Matter!" to black Trump-supporter.
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Help! The hospital discharged us with our baby. Us! sleepless idiot new parents utterly clueless on what to do with a newborn, much less a premie. How is this legal. 😭😭😱😱
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Genuine question: What is the clearest, most succinct and most accurate way to describe what Critical Race Theory is?
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Today I saw people freak out over a dozen Trump supporters. Then a massive mob of
#antifa
showed up, and they cheered, "You rock!" "Heroes!"
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The same people who watch police brutality videos and insist there’s “another story” are watching conspiracy videos and instantly believing them. 🤷🏻♀️
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Last official day at WORLD today. Lots of mixed emotions. But mostly, grateful.
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So many churches in the U.S. canceled Sunday services because of Christmas. Meanwhile in Ukraine, churches under Russian occupation continue to meet daily to pray together— even when all their pastors had to evacuate due to threats to their lives.
Dunno, man. Something is off.
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Grateful for every insight and glimpse of God I’ve gained from this man.
Health Update: Today, Dad is being discharged from the hospital to receive hospice care at home. Over the past few days, he has asked us to pray with him often. He expressed many times through prayer his desire to go home to be with Jesus. His family is very sad because we... 1/3
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Protests still going: "We are doing what students should have done when Hitler came into power!"
#BenatBerkeley
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Lastly, to God, who washes me with fresh mercies every morning, though I fail & stumble every moment. Oh, that everyone on this earth can taste His sweetness. He is so, so good.
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My Korean immigrant missionary parents met my white Midwestern parents-in-law for the 1st time this weekend. Man, talk about a cultural & language clash!
But we're family now. On their last night, they sang a classic hymn together, united in marriage & faith. My ❤️ is so full.
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Interviewed a pastor of a small Baptist church in Chelm, Poland, 30 mins from Ukrainian border. They were one of first places to open up doors to Ukrainian refugees.
1st day, 20 showed up— women, kids, babies, ppl w disabilities.
2nd day: 120
3rd day: 200
And they keep coming.
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UC Berkeley senator
#IsabellaChow
refused to vote on a bill that went against her Christian conviction, and she faced vicious attacks for it. Despite crying more than she has ever before, she says "this is not the time to back down." Here's the story:
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So funny what my parents think white Americans eat. My father-in-law is joining us for Thanksgiving. My mom makes Korean food. My dad nags her, “You can’t expect white ppl to only eat Korean food!”
So what does she do? Throws in a random loaf of bread to her all-Korean meal.
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I turned 32 today. My mom called me asking me what I want for my bday. I couldn't come up with anything bc honestly, I have everything I need. But as I was praying today, I asked God for 2 things: 1) Discernment and 2) Deeper intimacy with Him. Those, I can't get enough of.
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It’s 8:14 pm here in Kherson. I am spending the night at a church that’s also a bomb shelter. I am having tea & chocolate w some Christian men when we hear explosions. We were laughing, but we all stop and listen.
Boom boom boom. It’s Russian grad rockets.
Then it’s over.
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Some folks here on this platform seem so utterly consumed by anti-wokeness crusade. I see them ceaselessly hunting & combing timelines of fellow Christians for “gotcha” moments.
I just don’t get it. It must be an exhausting, joyless way to live.
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It's my first week working at
@CTmagazine
as a global staff writer! 🥳
Looking for story ideas & profiles that are international & relevant, that feature Christians living the gospel, and highlight important issues of today.
Please DM or email me w/ any suggestions. Excited!
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A few days after my mother-in-law died, my husband had a vision of his mother, his grandma, and aunt reunited in heaven, wearing funky hats & drinking tea & having a grand ol’ hoot.
I tried to capture that vision in an illustration as a gift for my father-in-law.
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"Early church fathers were far, far more concerned with the faith and virtue of the church than the maladies of the Romans.
Indeed, we forget a fundamental truth—our own maladies often make us unable to see the world clearly."
Jesus said we should first “take the plank out of your own eye.” Yet we’re the People of the Plank, blind to the pain we inflict on others even as we fight against “them.” We put Christian identity over virtue, and the nation pays for our sin.
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Good afternoon. The news have been so heavy lately, so I’ve been watching this video of my nieces on repeat. Their names are Praise and Hope. I think we could all use a good dose of praise and hope today.
Also, Hope’s smile at the end: ❤️😭😭
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Grief is a strange beast. Can't control it, can't fight it-- it rolls over you in waves.
But what a strange & wonderful faith we have, that when we say, "Mom went to heaven," it's no euphemism, but a firm, secure anchor of truth that she's now in the arms of Jesus, free at last.
Thank you everyone for your prayers. My mom was crossing the street this AM and was hit by a truck that accelerated into her. She passed away at 630. She was my best friend and I spoke to her every day. I’m heartbroken. My wife and I flew to be with my dad.
Psalm 23
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I'm on a white nationalist site (for research reasons), and these white supremacists seem super worried about the recent anti-abortion laws. Reason? "Only reason Blacks here in the US have only grown by a few percent each year is because of Planned Parenthoods and abortion."
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Today is my last day at work as I head into an indefinite maternity leave. There will be 4 more pieces from me at
@CTmagazine
, and then my public writing life will be quiet for a while, except for a blog & a possible podcast project.
I feel at peace. And so thankful. (cont.)
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@nytimes
The very fact that this kind of research has been going on for years is a travesty. Our society condemns experiments on animals for the benefit of mankind, yet it's OK to experiment on body parts of murdered unborn babies. We are so self-contradictory and don't even know it.
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Tsk tsk. Only three months old and already silently judging his parents. Original sin, indeed.
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This is Pastor Mykola Savchuk of Salvation Church in Kyiv. 2nd day of war, he drove his wife & 2 kids to western Ukraine. By 3rd day, he was back in Kyiv to preach. He worried no one would show up. 10% of his church did— the others all fled— and he was pleasantly surprised.
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A lot of the "Nazis" I saw at
#berkeley
being chased out by antifa groups were people of color. Ironic that antifa say they're against hate.
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Life of a journalist w accent who cannot pronounce “world”:
Me: Hi, this is Sophia Lee at World Magazine.
What they hear: Word Magazine. Whoa Magazine. Whirl Magazine. Wow Magazine. Whaddawhat magazine??
😓At least I don’t work for Beach Magazine. Can’t pronounce that either.
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My parents met my husband's parents for the first time in August. Two very diff worlds collided & merged into a multicultural family. A month later, a truck hit & killed my mother-in-law.
This is a column reflecting on grief, family in marriage, & love.
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“…the desire to “eliminate” abortion implicitly acknowledges the reality that bans alone won’t end abortion. Abortion can only truly end when American culture changes, not just its law.”
A just society protects unborn life in law and a healthy society celebrates and protects life from conception until natural death. But if Roe goes, the path to ending abortion doesn’t include prosecuting moms. Why abortion “abolitionism” is misguided:
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My heart is so full.
Our Woori (우리) Grace Lee-Herrmann was born Aug 19. I’ll never get over how precious and heavenly the birth of a life is.
As much pain & brokenness there is in this world, as much conflict & wounds, God still anoints it with so much wonder & beauty.
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Last night, my husband and I felt our baby kick together. We laughed— he laughing w joy & wonder & pride, I laughing watching him laugh— and I thought about how incredibly wise & beautiful God is, to make it so that it takes two to bear a child.
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Protesters and National Guard face off. Protesters asking them to march with them.
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This is my niece Hope. She is 11 months old & has the most heart-melting smile. She also has an open heart surgery tomorrow, which is common for babies w Down syndrome, but my brother’s heart is heavy on Father’s Day. Pls pray for Hope, who’s been such a blessing to our family.
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A statement of resignation from my colleague and managing editor of World Magazine.
This is a heavy time for us all.
I have recently resigned from WORLD Magazine after 12 years on staff. This job has helped shape me into the person I am today, and for that I am so grateful.
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This from Kathy Keller is gold: “Speak as if you’re being overheard.” “What would the non-believer conclude about Jesus or Christians if they heard what you said?”
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Lunch at the church. We’re hearing explosions almost every minute for the past half hour. At first they sounded a little far away. But now they’re sounding closer. Pastor looks worried. Outside, children who were playing at the playground hurry back home.
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I'm at the San Diego immigration court right now, sitting in for a whole afternoon of "Master Calendar Hearings." Basically, here is where the gov tries to remove an immigrant from the U.S. Most of the defendants are asylum seekers living in Mexico via "Remain in Mexico" policy.
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Today I watched the sun rise and the sun set after a very long, hard work day. The sky was a watercolor masterpiece of crimson, lilac, orange, gold. Our earth carries a lot of heartaches, but what a reminder that each day, every day still starts and ends with beauty & glory.
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I remember growing up in the Korean church, where doors would open at dawn for morning prayers.
People developed a spiritual discipline of praying first before anything else. They worshipped. Prayed. Cried. First thing in the morning, they met God.
I need that. We need that.
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We’ve crossed into Ukraine. They shut off all the lights in the train so that the Russians cannot target us. They also recommend sleeping away from the window. Just in case.
Outside & inside, it’s pitch dark. The only glow of light is frm our devices. There are no moon or stars.
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I was Zooming w two Ukrainian pastors yesterday. Both are pastors in Kherson. Convo was heavy—ministry is exhausting & challenging during wartime.
But at the end, they asked about my baby. And instantly we all lit up. We laughed & shared stories & spoke w so much warmth.
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One common trait I’ve seen in strong marriages: Wives laughing at their husband’s dumb jokes even when nobody is.
Even when they’ve heard that same tired joke multiple times.
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@herrmanndigital
@GavinNewsom
All the pastors and nonprofit leaders helping the migrants in TJ are telling me it's a crisis-- it's a border security crisis for both Mexico and US, it's a political/social crisis, but mostly it's a humanitarian crisis. Lots of unaccompanied minors, trauma, despair, deaths.
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It is very dark here in Vyshneve, a suburb of Kyiv, due to blackout. In the darkness, Salvation Church serves as light— literally. Its cafeteria, run by generator, serves the community by providing heat, light, food. Since the war, the church has baptized dozens of new believers.
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I love that 2021 ended w heavy rain here in LA. This morning the city air, usually smoggy, smelled fresh & pure & clean. It felt symbolical to me, like God washing away the pains & stains of 2021, helping me meet the new year w a refreshed & purified heart.
I’m ready for 2022.
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Reading my journal from 2021, I’m sad at how much disappointment I felt towards the Church. Some disappointment is warranted, but I was looking through the American political lens.
So my prayer topic for 2022 was purification— to set my mind on what is good & lovely from God.
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A Polish pastor of a church in Krakow sent me this pic of the first service he held for Ukrainian refugees in Krakow. He was exhausted after days of receiving refugees, and also in trepidation abt preaching to a shell-shocked group: “Oh Lord. What do I say? What can I say?��
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