“To put it plainly: If we continue to treat Jesus as a mascot for political gain, the timer will start counting down to impending disillusionment awaiting our Gen Z and Alpha friends.” @bezner.bsky.social

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I still have this old bottle of cologne that was my brother’s. It’s the smell I always think of when I think of him. I know the brand is Curve (even though it’s mostly rubbed off) but I don’t remember the name of it. Sometimes I just grab it and smell it and I think about him. Grief is not a

My handwritten notes when preparing a sermon before I get to the manuscript:

Part of our fence in our backyard was blown over recently when some strong winds hit Houston. My husband has been working on it, but isn’t finished yet.

Our hound dog is so desperate for someone to forget the fence is down & let him outside so he can chase all the living creatures to his heart’s

I have a confession: Yo-Yo Ma was my top artist on Spotify wrapped last year.

I was sad to hear about Gene Hackman’s death. What is your favorite role he ever played? Personally, I love him in The Firm and in Hoosiers, but my favorite has got to be Young Frankenstein.

Little-known fact about me: I HATE balloons. So, you’ve heard of a passenger princess? Well, I’m a balloon arch princess and my amazing SIL comes in clutch for me for all of them. Here she is assembling one for my daughter’s 10th birthday party tomorrow.

As a mom of four (youngest is preschool aged), sometimes I walk past the baby section at Target and get a little sad.

And then I walk past the diapering section, and I am jerked back into reality.

When I was at Bible study on Thursday night with @bethmoorelpm.bsky.social, I was waiting to get in and I heard someone playing the theme song from Severance and I got so excited

Looking to connect with #Severance people 👀

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I have always loved Genesis 16 when Hagar names God. I love that she names Him El Roi. And it wasn’t until this week that the second part of that verse hit me: “In this place, have I actually seen the one who sees me?”.

🧵: I saw someone today that I couldn't place where I knew them from. After some time, I remembered. I used to donate plasma twice a week and this guy was there usually at the same time every week. The reason I remembered him was because I was sitting waiting to be called back one day and he was

People here in Houston are all happy about the weather changing again and warming up and I am NOT. With warm weather comes many things I don’t enjoy but the biggest one is MOSQUITOES. Have we forgotten?!

I’m not sad about the sunshine though.

I was at a coffee shop yesterday morning for a meeting, sitting outside and enjoying the weather. And someone told me they heard me laughing inside from inside and knew it was me. 🫠

Authenticity with all. Transparency with most. Intimacy with some.

@bethmoorelpm.bsky.social talked about this last night at Bible study.

Experience has caused the amount of people in my “some” to be significantly smaller over the last couple years.