 It makes no difference how "in love with Jesus" we are, if we continually disparage His Church, we are missing a large part of what it means to love Jesus. That is not to say that there is no room for healthy critique of the Church and the individual Christian's behavior within a church. It's arguably needed. In Christianity, Christ is calling His Bride to Himself. How are we to be apart of His vision if we can't stand His people? Can we love Christ well, when we don't love His Bride? Can we truly love God but ignore the ways we fall short of loving people? Does it even occur to us that a Christian's mandate to love people means loving God's people, whom we are purportedly now in familial relationship? Are we a part of His Body in a healthy way if we are unable to be in healthy relationship with other believers and talk about the things of God? It starts with imagining what loving the family of God might look and feel like. Loving the Church might mean confronting individuals, exposing lies, being gracious in discipleship, asking meaningful questions, and waiting patiently. These are things that are on my mind of late.
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I am reading to be a better parent and am discovering that I have lost some resiliency of my own. Here’s to recovering it.  “[People] who manage their feelings well have emotional resiliency. They won’t be afraid to laugh and cry with people. Depression, stress, and anxiety won’t overwhelm them typically or last as long. They won’t all ow themselves to be defined by negative experiences or interactions. Resiliency is strong protection against mental health struggles.”
PC: Nikki Riggs, from a promotional photo shoot with Out on a Limb Dance Company, show: Gobsmacked, Artistic Director, L. Brooke Schlecte, 2020.
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AuthorI'm a Christ-follower, passionate about moving in truth/love and intellectual rigor through all things faith + art. A professional Dance Artist and fancying myself an amateur Christian Apologist, I’m committed to moving in the liminal space between catastrophic reverence of God and a quaking humility that intentionally keeps the tremors of Grace close at hand. There are good reasons to believe. Archives
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