Aaron New
@aaronnew.bsky.social
Once a Professor of Psychology/Counseling in higher ed, now an Organizational Development Manager in healthcare. “A doctor, but not the kind that helps people.” I love good books and good Tex-Mex. Conway, AR.
Hey y'all. Grief work is good and holy.
Interesting to note that the precursor to arguably Jesus' most amazing miracle (the raising of Lazarus) was Jesus ministering to Martha and Mary in their grief - and, in fact, being moved with grief alongside them.
Interesting to note that the precursor to arguably Jesus' most amazing miracle (the raising of Lazarus) was Jesus ministering to Martha and Mary in their grief - and, in fact, being moved with grief alongside them.
February 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Hey y'all. Grief work is good and holy.
Interesting to note that the precursor to arguably Jesus' most amazing miracle (the raising of Lazarus) was Jesus ministering to Martha and Mary in their grief - and, in fact, being moved with grief alongside them.
Interesting to note that the precursor to arguably Jesus' most amazing miracle (the raising of Lazarus) was Jesus ministering to Martha and Mary in their grief - and, in fact, being moved with grief alongside them.
Before his first run, there were a lot of voices saying “Don’t worry! There will be checks and balances!”
Nobody was saying that before his second run. Because they knew.
BECAUSE THEY KNEW.
Nobody was saying that before his second run. Because they knew.
BECAUSE THEY KNEW.
February 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Before his first run, there were a lot of voices saying “Don’t worry! There will be checks and balances!”
Nobody was saying that before his second run. Because they knew.
BECAUSE THEY KNEW.
Nobody was saying that before his second run. Because they knew.
BECAUSE THEY KNEW.
A thread from over at the bad place.
If you know of Heath Lambert as a leader in Christian counseling circles or SBC circles, this might be of some interest to you. Or not. I don't know. 🤷♂️ threadreaderapp.com/thread/18948...
If you know of Heath Lambert as a leader in Christian counseling circles or SBC circles, this might be of some interest to you. Or not. I don't know. 🤷♂️ threadreaderapp.com/thread/18948...
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@DrAaronNew: I have been a vocal critic of how Heath Lambert conducts himself, primarily in the counseling world, but periodically in the SBC world. Both of those are of interest and important to me. ...
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February 27, 2025 at 3:36 AM
A thread from over at the bad place.
If you know of Heath Lambert as a leader in Christian counseling circles or SBC circles, this might be of some interest to you. Or not. I don't know. 🤷♂️ threadreaderapp.com/thread/18948...
If you know of Heath Lambert as a leader in Christian counseling circles or SBC circles, this might be of some interest to you. Or not. I don't know. 🤷♂️ threadreaderapp.com/thread/18948...
The President of the United States has criticized an ally for not surrendering to an invading army sent by an enemy dictator.
He literally blamed them for the war because they didn’t just surrender.
The U.S. should absolutely stand with Ukraine. This is embarrassing.
He literally blamed them for the war because they didn’t just surrender.
The U.S. should absolutely stand with Ukraine. This is embarrassing.
February 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
The President of the United States has criticized an ally for not surrendering to an invading army sent by an enemy dictator.
He literally blamed them for the war because they didn’t just surrender.
The U.S. should absolutely stand with Ukraine. This is embarrassing.
He literally blamed them for the war because they didn’t just surrender.
The U.S. should absolutely stand with Ukraine. This is embarrassing.
"17 States Sue To End Protections For Students With Special Needs." Including Arkansas. Because of course.
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February 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
"17 States Sue To End Protections For Students With Special Needs." Including Arkansas. Because of course.
www.forbes.com/sites/peterg...
www.forbes.com/sites/peterg...
"We do no harm to the virtue of 'courage' by suggesting that every day life can often require a great deal of courage. As Aquinas argued, endurance is the better part of courage, and endurance is precisely what mental health challenges call for."
Today's unlocked post is about courage and agency and mental health: "To develop habits of courage with mental health is to learn to endure for the good of God, neighbor, and life."
newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/courage-an...
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Courage and Agency in Mental Health
Building habits of endurance
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February 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"We do no harm to the virtue of 'courage' by suggesting that every day life can often require a great deal of courage. As Aquinas argued, endurance is the better part of courage, and endurance is precisely what mental health challenges call for."
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Apple capitulated to one of the dumbest things ever. What a bunch of yard gnomes.
February 11, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Apple capitulated to one of the dumbest things ever. What a bunch of yard gnomes.
70,000 steps in 7 days.
I don’t like it. But I’m doing it.
I don’t like it. But I’m doing it.
February 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
70,000 steps in 7 days.
I don’t like it. But I’m doing it.
I don’t like it. But I’m doing it.
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Y’all. Southern Baptists deserve better.
Christian counseling deserves better.
Do not listen to Heath Lambert. /end
Christian counseling deserves better.
Do not listen to Heath Lambert. /end
February 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Y’all. Southern Baptists deserve better.
Christian counseling deserves better.
Do not listen to Heath Lambert. /end
Christian counseling deserves better.
Do not listen to Heath Lambert. /end
There will come a day, I’m sure, when I will ignore Heath Lambert. But that day is not today.
He is influential in at least 2 of my own circles - Southern Baptist ones and Christian counseling ones. So I still feel compelled to speak.
He is influential in at least 2 of my own circles - Southern Baptist ones and Christian counseling ones. So I still feel compelled to speak.
February 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
There will come a day, I’m sure, when I will ignore Heath Lambert. But that day is not today.
He is influential in at least 2 of my own circles - Southern Baptist ones and Christian counseling ones. So I still feel compelled to speak.
He is influential in at least 2 of my own circles - Southern Baptist ones and Christian counseling ones. So I still feel compelled to speak.
You know what, let's not give pyromaniacs flamethrowers. You might want to offload the dirty work of starting a few fires because you like to see things burn. But you're gonna end up with a scorched earth instead.
February 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
You know what, let's not give pyromaniacs flamethrowers. You might want to offload the dirty work of starting a few fires because you like to see things burn. But you're gonna end up with a scorched earth instead.
As you see news of Trump appointing Paula White-Cain to lead the White House Faith Office, here's your reminder that she's, you know, a charlatan.
A bunch of evangelicals are gonna cheer this news anyway.
And I give up.
A bunch of evangelicals are gonna cheer this news anyway.
And I give up.
February 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
As you see news of Trump appointing Paula White-Cain to lead the White House Faith Office, here's your reminder that she's, you know, a charlatan.
A bunch of evangelicals are gonna cheer this news anyway.
And I give up.
A bunch of evangelicals are gonna cheer this news anyway.
And I give up.
Stunned Mavs fan here. Just stunned.
I need church.
I need church.
February 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Stunned Mavs fan here. Just stunned.
I need church.
I need church.
@bethmoore4nbafans.bsky.social What kinda news did I just wake up too?!?!
February 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
@bethmoore4nbafans.bsky.social What kinda news did I just wake up too?!?!
I'm definitely a product of midwestern conservative evangelicalism in the 1980s. And while neither my home church nor my family went bonkers over it, I can absolutely remember the Satanic panic and fear that sort of permeated everything. open.spotify.com/episode/3GLG...
The Devil Went Down To Arkansas
Devil and the Deep Blue Sea · Episode
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January 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I'm definitely a product of midwestern conservative evangelicalism in the 1980s. And while neither my home church nor my family went bonkers over it, I can absolutely remember the Satanic panic and fear that sort of permeated everything. open.spotify.com/episode/3GLG...
Trump world throws tomatoes at Phil Vischer baptistnews.com/article/trum...
Trump world throws tomatoes at Phil Vischer
To understand how viciously MAGA world — including evangelical Christians — has turned against immigrants of all kinds, consider the plight of Phil Vischer. You probably know him as the creator of the...
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January 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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The highest compliment from someone who disagrees with you is not “You were right.” It’s “You made me think.”
Good arguments help us recognize complexity where we once saw simplicity.
The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It’s to promote critical thinking.
Good arguments help us recognize complexity where we once saw simplicity.
The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It’s to promote critical thinking.
January 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The highest compliment from someone who disagrees with you is not “You were right.” It’s “You made me think.”
Good arguments help us recognize complexity where we once saw simplicity.
The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It’s to promote critical thinking.
Good arguments help us recognize complexity where we once saw simplicity.
The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It’s to promote critical thinking.
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Composure, Saints! This is a vital witness to our faith in Christ in any era of chaos.
Upon waking, let us meet with Jesus and trade our fear & anger for his courage & compassion.
Rely on God.
Read Scripture.
Be brave.
Pray valiantly.
Act like grownups.
Help the hurting.
Love defiantly.
Upon waking, let us meet with Jesus and trade our fear & anger for his courage & compassion.
Rely on God.
Read Scripture.
Be brave.
Pray valiantly.
Act like grownups.
Help the hurting.
Love defiantly.
January 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Composure, Saints! This is a vital witness to our faith in Christ in any era of chaos.
Upon waking, let us meet with Jesus and trade our fear & anger for his courage & compassion.
Rely on God.
Read Scripture.
Be brave.
Pray valiantly.
Act like grownups.
Help the hurting.
Love defiantly.
Upon waking, let us meet with Jesus and trade our fear & anger for his courage & compassion.
Rely on God.
Read Scripture.
Be brave.
Pray valiantly.
Act like grownups.
Help the hurting.
Love defiantly.
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So with Trump attempting to stop congressionally determined spending it's fair to say we have entered into a constitutional crisis, yeah?
The whole point of congress is to control where, how, and when funds are appropriated.
Trump blocking that, even temporarily, is usurping that power.
The whole point of congress is to control where, how, and when funds are appropriated.
Trump blocking that, even temporarily, is usurping that power.
January 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
So with Trump attempting to stop congressionally determined spending it's fair to say we have entered into a constitutional crisis, yeah?
The whole point of congress is to control where, how, and when funds are appropriated.
Trump blocking that, even temporarily, is usurping that power.
The whole point of congress is to control where, how, and when funds are appropriated.
Trump blocking that, even temporarily, is usurping that power.
Friends, if you worship with songs like this on Sundays but celebrate your MAGA leaders as they abandon refugees the other 6 days of the week, you are doing it wrong. youtu.be/R6_f2waXx2g
Refuge (feat. Brett Stanfill)
YouTube video by 10,000 Fathers - Topic
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January 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Friends, if you worship with songs like this on Sundays but celebrate your MAGA leaders as they abandon refugees the other 6 days of the week, you are doing it wrong. youtu.be/R6_f2waXx2g
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Folks, please remember to take care of yourselves.
The tsunami of bad news we are experiencing is not normal and taking it all on with zero breaks is not healthy.
Log off. Unplug. Breathe.
If we don't, we won't make it through these next four years.
The tsunami of bad news we are experiencing is not normal and taking it all on with zero breaks is not healthy.
Log off. Unplug. Breathe.
If we don't, we won't make it through these next four years.
January 27, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Folks, please remember to take care of yourselves.
The tsunami of bad news we are experiencing is not normal and taking it all on with zero breaks is not healthy.
Log off. Unplug. Breathe.
If we don't, we won't make it through these next four years.
The tsunami of bad news we are experiencing is not normal and taking it all on with zero breaks is not healthy.
Log off. Unplug. Breathe.
If we don't, we won't make it through these next four years.
“He says retailers like Walmart told him they’re having to spend thousands of dollars a year replacing missing carts.”
Well, Walmart sure can’t afford that. Bankruptcy for sure.
Solution? Put homeless people in jail for a year.
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Well, Walmart sure can’t afford that. Bankruptcy for sure.
Solution? Put homeless people in jail for a year.
kfor.com/news/local/o...
Oklahoma bill would make it a crime punishable by jail time to "possess" a shopping cart belonging to a business
An Oklahoma lawmaker is proposing a law that would make it a crime punishable by up to a year in jail for anyone caught “in possession of” a shopping cart taken from a store. The bill’s author says…
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January 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
“He says retailers like Walmart told him they’re having to spend thousands of dollars a year replacing missing carts.”
Well, Walmart sure can’t afford that. Bankruptcy for sure.
Solution? Put homeless people in jail for a year.
kfor.com/news/local/o...
Well, Walmart sure can’t afford that. Bankruptcy for sure.
Solution? Put homeless people in jail for a year.
kfor.com/news/local/o...
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There are 4.4 million children born in the U.S. who live with an unauthorized immigrant parent.
4.4 million. Some of those children live in your state. In your city. Maybe in your neighborhood.
4.4 million. Some of those children live in your state. In your city. Maybe in your neighborhood.
January 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
There are 4.4 million children born in the U.S. who live with an unauthorized immigrant parent.
4.4 million. Some of those children live in your state. In your city. Maybe in your neighborhood.
4.4 million. Some of those children live in your state. In your city. Maybe in your neighborhood.