It’s been almost a week since I deleted the social media apps on my phone. At some point I finally realized that my 6am doom-scrolling was not only a miserable way to begin my day, but that it was actually impacting my mental health. I was learning nothing new from the breathless barrage of think pieces about the election, but I was exhausting my overloaded nervous system with headlines and takeaways that kept my body awash in adrenaline with nowhere to flee and no one to fight.
Tag: beatitudes
Sermon: Sunday, January 29, 2017: Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
God takes sides and, depending on where we’ve chosen to place our bodies or stockpile our wealth, it may not be our side.
Sermon: Sunday, November 6, 2016: All Saints Sunday
What would it look like to put human beings, real human beings, all human beings, at the center of every decision we make about power, about wealth, about industry, about war?