Citizen of a different kingdom. Digital marketing w/ @ApricotServices. @Calvin_Uni alum. #T1D + #Celiac. Frequent pedestrian.

Grand Rapids, MI
Joined April 2013
Hospitality is one of the primary practices that remind us the Kingdom economy isn't zero-sum market-driven competition. "For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life." – Francis of Assisi
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Scripture doesn't just tell us *about* God, it is God's self-revelation. Scripture doesn't just relay information *about* God's sovereign plan, it *enacts* the Kindgom. Still thinking about @profntwright's Scripture and the Authority of God.
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In Mañana, Justo González reminds us that we shouldn't stop at reading Scripture, but allow Scripture to read us and our situations. He says that the Word is a lamp (Psalm 119:105), and the lamp provides light to the path. Staring directly at the lamp is blinding.
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What do I think is "owed" me? What debts can I forgive?
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"Kingdoms by definition are exclusive. You can't have two of them in the same place at the same time." –Eugene Peterson, A Month of Sundays
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The Gospel isn't about tweaking your life, doing more good things and fewer bad things, being nicer. The Gospel is the good news that Jesus offers life to dead people.
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This is important. There's a lot of misinformation out there about bail reform. We *know* that people overwhelmingly return to court when released pre-trial. Those who don't? Turns out: They just need a text reminder. A thread on how simple tech can help achieve freedom. More:
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Any tips on documenting someone's conscientious objector status?
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This river's depths I cannot know But I can glory in its flood The Lord Most High has bowed down low And poured on me His glorious love
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"I would rather feel contrition than know how to define it." – Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
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"If grace were always given at once or were present at our beck and call, it would not be well taken by weak humankind."
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