Almost every Sabbath morning, I share with my Twitter network a series of tweets rooted in an aspect of faith or religious ethics. These tweets, tagged #SabbathWisdom, are often inspired by study conversations or sermons at my church. A sermon about the power of the word resonated with me yesterday. I may have been primed by Friday’s […]
Sabbath Wisdom: Texts and Responsibility
Almost every Sabbath morning, I share with my Twitter network a series of tweets rooted in an aspect of faith or religious ethics. These tweets, tagged #SabbathWisdom, are often inspired by study conversations or sermons at my church. This morning’s series was far more extensive than usual, and I decided to share it with you as […]
Thanks, Twitter (2013 ed.)—Part 3
This is the third and last Twitter-compilation post for 2013 (Part 1: Seeing the Real | Part 2: Evolving Deliberately). Changing the World includes tweets on social development, justice, activism, politics, and progress. 3. Changing the World “Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.” […]
Thanks, Twitter (2013 ed.)—Part 2
This is the second of three Twitter-compilation posts for 2013 (Part 1: Seeing the Real | Part 3: Changing the World). Evolving Deliberately includes tweets on growing up, self-evaluating, improving, and moving beyond one’s personal status quo. 2. Evolving Deliberately Stop asking for permission from gatekeepers to create. Make your own gate. — ann daramola […]
Thanks, Twitter (2013 ed.)—Part 1
The people I’ve met on Twitter have been offering up 140-character jolts of wisdom, insight, and provocation all year long. I don’t follow all of them but they’ve intersected with my network and contributed to my thinking regardless. I’ve broken down the compilation into 3 categories: Seeing the Real: on religion, spirituality, morality, and the […]
Janet Mock on the Power of Words
Janet Mock on the Power of Words “Words are things,” Dr. Maya Angelou said during her 2011 Master’s Class on the Oprah Winfrey Network. “You must be careful, careful about calling people out of their names, using racial pejoratives and sexual pejoratives and all that ignorance. Don’t do that. Some day we’ll be able to measure […]
