Grateful for how you succinctly hit the mark in the midst of complex emotions.
I long to see (and hold!) more conversations like the one your husband and his friends were willing to share.
As far as questions, my last Substack post covered the one that had been most pressing on my heart leading up to the election and is guiding me in the aftermath: Who are we becoming and want to become? It’s the Bible that freed and challenged me to ask and begin to craft an answer for myself. In “The most important question in this election” I tried to share how God helped me process the answer.
These are terrific questions, Jen. It’s helpful to parse out specific areas of engagement that are actionable instead of just feeling fraught.
One thing we have decided in our household is to make our main engagement with the news through The Pour Over newsletter. It summarizes the biggest stories of the day, and then pairs each with a short theological reflection on a foundational scriptural principle. The point is to be informed about what’s happening but immediately re-oriented to bigger Kingdom truth. It’s been plenty of news for me lately.
I do hope you continue to weave responses to politics into walking our faith, as appropriate. It is so helpful.
All of this, Jen. ♥️
Grateful for how you succinctly hit the mark in the midst of complex emotions.
I long to see (and hold!) more conversations like the one your husband and his friends were willing to share.
As far as questions, my last Substack post covered the one that had been most pressing on my heart leading up to the election and is guiding me in the aftermath: Who are we becoming and want to become? It’s the Bible that freed and challenged me to ask and begin to craft an answer for myself. In “The most important question in this election” I tried to share how God helped me process the answer.
Feel free to link here, Paola! That sounds like a great question to add to this list!
Thanks Jen!
https://open.substack.com/pub/paolabarrera/p/the-most-important-question-in-this?r=7wird&utm_medium=ios
These are terrific questions, Jen. It’s helpful to parse out specific areas of engagement that are actionable instead of just feeling fraught.
One thing we have decided in our household is to make our main engagement with the news through The Pour Over newsletter. It summarizes the biggest stories of the day, and then pairs each with a short theological reflection on a foundational scriptural principle. The point is to be informed about what’s happening but immediately re-oriented to bigger Kingdom truth. It’s been plenty of news for me lately.
I do hope you continue to weave responses to politics into walking our faith, as appropriate. It is so helpful.