Erin Jones
@erinjonesdreams.bsky.social
Lifetime educator, wife (31 yrs), mother of 3 now-adults, athlete, author, (3x) TEDx speaker, lover of people, follower of Jesus, committed to spreading joy, love, and hope wherever I go.
No Kings…but the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. This says it all - www.familylife.tv/blog/2016/10...
Earthly Kings and Empty Things
There are many empty things in this world that do not satisfy, and that do not deliver. Money. Sex. Power. Religion. Social activism. Human relationships. The Republican Party. The Democratic Party. P...
www.familylife.tv
June 16, 2025 at 5:03 AM
No Kings…but the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. This says it all - www.familylife.tv/blog/2016/10...
From my youngest son about the “Big Beautiful Bill”:
“I just read the Big Beautiful Bill end to end and it’s Very Very Very bad. Like, easily the most comprehensively bad piece of legislation I’ve ever heard of. They really are trying their best to do every bad thing they can manage all at once.”
“I just read the Big Beautiful Bill end to end and it’s Very Very Very bad. Like, easily the most comprehensively bad piece of legislation I’ve ever heard of. They really are trying their best to do every bad thing they can manage all at once.”
May 25, 2025 at 5:01 AM
From my youngest son about the “Big Beautiful Bill”:
“I just read the Big Beautiful Bill end to end and it’s Very Very Very bad. Like, easily the most comprehensively bad piece of legislation I’ve ever heard of. They really are trying their best to do every bad thing they can manage all at once.”
“I just read the Big Beautiful Bill end to end and it’s Very Very Very bad. Like, easily the most comprehensively bad piece of legislation I’ve ever heard of. They really are trying their best to do every bad thing they can manage all at once.”
The best way to end a race - to hear your coach cheering you on…and then, it turns out, she was filming, too. Go be someone’s champion today! #orangetheory #fitafter50
May 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The best way to end a race - to hear your coach cheering you on…and then, it turns out, she was filming, too. Go be someone’s champion today! #orangetheory #fitafter50
There is a popular narrative right now that merit is measured by money amassed. I agree with DuBois. Merit for a nation is not about how many billionaires are in leadership but how few children, poor people, and refugees are suffering. We, as a nation, are not operating in “greatness”.
May 8, 2025 at 3:02 AM
There is a popular narrative right now that merit is measured by money amassed. I agree with DuBois. Merit for a nation is not about how many billionaires are in leadership but how few children, poor people, and refugees are suffering. We, as a nation, are not operating in “greatness”.
Our diversity - life experience, beliefs, religion, politics - is our SUPERPOWER. Our diversity makes our companies and boards and schools and faith institutions and communities better.
April 19, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Our diversity - life experience, beliefs, religion, politics - is our SUPERPOWER. Our diversity makes our companies and boards and schools and faith institutions and communities better.
In #projectkindness gathering we talked abt msgs we internalize + interrogate + how those inform how we think abt/treat ourselves. #kindnesschallenge: 1. What are the stories I tell myself about myself that are negative? 2. How could I reframe these stories to help me be more kind to myself?
Three ways to increase self-awareness to reduce stress
Sarah Fletcher gives us three ways to begin to increase your self awareness for better mental health and wellbeing and subsequently reduce your stress levels.
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April 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
In #projectkindness gathering we talked abt msgs we internalize + interrogate + how those inform how we think abt/treat ourselves. #kindnesschallenge: 1. What are the stories I tell myself about myself that are negative? 2. How could I reframe these stories to help me be more kind to myself?
I am off social media during Spring Break and don’t return until Sunday. “Walk with Erin” will happen next week, April 12. Please join us at the ASHHO Cultural Community Center April 12, 11 AM. Walk just under 1 mi. Make friends. Enjoy a meal afterwards. See you next Saturday. Bring friends!
April 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I am off social media during Spring Break and don’t return until Sunday. “Walk with Erin” will happen next week, April 12. Please join us at the ASHHO Cultural Community Center April 12, 11 AM. Walk just under 1 mi. Make friends. Enjoy a meal afterwards. See you next Saturday. Bring friends!
I’m on a running journey… Saturday and today I ran 5 miles outside. Today the numbers came out from our #orangetheory 0.25 mile challenge. Check out my time! 4th out of EVERY woman of all ages (into the teens)! #fitafter50
March 25, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I’m on a running journey… Saturday and today I ran 5 miles outside. Today the numbers came out from our #orangetheory 0.25 mile challenge. Check out my time! 4th out of EVERY woman of all ages (into the teens)! #fitafter50
Today it was the 0.25 mile challenge at #orangetheory. I chose to run at 11 on the treadmill the entire time (I’ve never run at 11 for more than 15 seconds). This is my reminder: you can do hard things! You can do harder things than you think. Go do something hard!
March 21, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Today it was the 0.25 mile challenge at #orangetheory. I chose to run at 11 on the treadmill the entire time (I’ve never run at 11 for more than 15 seconds). This is my reminder: you can do hard things! You can do harder things than you think. Go do something hard!
It’s that time, again. Join us today (Sunday) on Zoom from 2-3 PM PST for conversations about what kindness can and should look like - towards self, individuals, communities. #projectkindness
March 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
It’s that time, again. Join us today (Sunday) on Zoom from 2-3 PM PST for conversations about what kindness can and should look like - towards self, individuals, communities. #projectkindness
Today was the annual #girlscoutsofwesternwashington annual retreat! Honored to serve. This is year 11!
March 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Today was the annual #girlscoutsofwesternwashington annual retreat! Honored to serve. This is year 11!
Are you an educator in the Puget Sound region who plays basketball? Register to play. Are you someone who is interested in supporting community but you don’t play? Register to attend.
March 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Are you an educator in the Puget Sound region who plays basketball? Register to play. Are you someone who is interested in supporting community but you don’t play? Register to attend.
Today I got to lead a conversation with leaders at Clark College and then deliver professional development about culture and community. I love this school and every opportunity I have to work with this team! Also, even though the rain was horrible, the rainbow was amazing on the way home!
March 14, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Today I got to lead a conversation with leaders at Clark College and then deliver professional development about culture and community. I love this school and every opportunity I have to work with this team! Also, even though the rain was horrible, the rainbow was amazing on the way home!
I feel strongly about investing in others, whether they have worked “hard enough” or not. I refuse to prevent people with “no boots or straps to pull up” from having access to resources. I will ALWAYS err on the side of compassion.
March 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I feel strongly about investing in others, whether they have worked “hard enough” or not. I refuse to prevent people with “no boots or straps to pull up” from having access to resources. I will ALWAYS err on the side of compassion.
Tomorrow it’s “Walk with Erin” at ASHHO Cultural Community Center. Usually we do the walk on the first Saturday, but I was at Harvard last Saturday. Join us from 11:00 - noon for a walk and networking. Then stay for lunch at Runia’s Soul Cafe.
March 8, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Tomorrow it’s “Walk with Erin” at ASHHO Cultural Community Center. Usually we do the walk on the first Saturday, but I was at Harvard last Saturday. Join us from 11:00 - noon for a walk and networking. Then stay for lunch at Runia’s Soul Cafe.
Lessons from my workshop today: 1. As an advocate, you can’t help anyone or be good to your compatriots if you’re not taking care of yourself; and 2. We can’t just disrupt/destroy a system/structure without imagining a better way. DREAMS and VISION and strategy are required.
March 7, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Lessons from my workshop today: 1. As an advocate, you can’t help anyone or be good to your compatriots if you’re not taking care of yourself; and 2. We can’t just disrupt/destroy a system/structure without imagining a better way. DREAMS and VISION and strategy are required.
“Democracy is based on trust, whereas dictatorship is based on terror.”
- Yuval Noah Harari
- Yuval Noah Harari
March 3, 2025 at 3:54 AM
“Democracy is based on trust, whereas dictatorship is based on terror.”
- Yuval Noah Harari
- Yuval Noah Harari
Harvard was AMAZING! I needed this time with educators of color as much as I had something to offer in the way of training. The focus of the conference was “critical hope.” My determination: hope is not a wish; It’s a mindset that requires practice and discipline and community. #aocc #Harvard
March 3, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Reposted by Erin Jones
How Elon Musk planned for DOGE: Our investigation found that he raised the idea in 2023, becoming fixated on gaining insider access to federal systems. By Dec., he chose USDS as a landing place, and future DOGE members began applying for jobs there. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
How Elon Musk Executed His Takeover of the Federal Bureaucracy (Gift Article)
The operation was driven with a frenetic focus by the billionaire, who channeled his resentment of regulatory oversight into a drastic overhaul of government agencies.
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February 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
How Elon Musk planned for DOGE: Our investigation found that he raised the idea in 2023, becoming fixated on gaining insider access to federal systems. By Dec., he chose USDS as a landing place, and future DOGE members began applying for jobs there. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
BREAKING NEWS! Walk with Erin will be postponed until next Saturday (March 8), because I’ve been asked to speak at Harvard Saturday. Not doing a keynote; just a workshop, but still… It’s Harvard! Join us for the walk next Saturday!
February 28, 2025 at 3:52 AM
BREAKING NEWS! Walk with Erin will be postponed until next Saturday (March 8), because I’ve been asked to speak at Harvard Saturday. Not doing a keynote; just a workshop, but still… It’s Harvard! Join us for the walk next Saturday!
As a Jesus-follower, I am struggling with so many Christians who appear to believe “the ends justify the means.” Aren’t “the means” everything? Feels like we’re missing the plot.
February 23, 2025 at 6:15 AM
As a Jesus-follower, I am struggling with so many Christians who appear to believe “the ends justify the means.” Aren’t “the means” everything? Feels like we’re missing the plot.
This is your reminder, especially in the midst of the chaos, to do all you can to take care of yourself. You cannot care for others if you haven’t invested in yourself. Today - OrangeTheory to start the day, sushi with mom, lunch n learn about Ramadan with Khurshida.
February 23, 2025 at 4:51 AM
This is your reminder, especially in the midst of the chaos, to do all you can to take care of yourself. You cannot care for others if you haven’t invested in yourself. Today - OrangeTheory to start the day, sushi with mom, lunch n learn about Ramadan with Khurshida.
Had mtg at a restaurant and just “happened” to run into a friend I haven’t seen for months (who had, apparently, just spoken my name). Delivered keynote on resilience at the Seventh Day Adventist conference hosted by my dear friend, Bill. ❤️ to my friend who came to hear me on her lunch break.
February 20, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Had mtg at a restaurant and just “happened” to run into a friend I haven’t seen for months (who had, apparently, just spoken my name). Delivered keynote on resilience at the Seventh Day Adventist conference hosted by my dear friend, Bill. ❤️ to my friend who came to hear me on her lunch break.