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Toxic positivity in Christian spaces silences honest emotions. Real faith makes room for grief, lament, and presence—without the fake smile. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #toxicpositivity
November 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Toxic positivity in Christian spaces silences honest emotions. Real faith makes room for grief, lament, and presence—without the fake smile. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #toxicpositivity
As we protest ICE activity, let’s remember agents’ humanity and the moral injury some suffer. “Loving your neighbor” includes these guys. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath...
November 6, 2025 at 5:52 AM
As we protest ICE activity, let’s remember agents’ humanity and the moral injury some suffer. “Loving your neighbor” includes these guys. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath...
Moral outrage has its place—But when outrage changes who you are, you’ve moved from activism to addiction. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #retrainyourbrain #innerpeace #outrage
October 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Moral outrage has its place—But when outrage changes who you are, you’ve moved from activism to addiction. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #retrainyourbrain #innerpeace #outrage
After a healing miracle, people said that Jesus did “all things well.” How can you develop a similar reputation for excellence? www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #miracles #excellence #wuwei
September 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
After a healing miracle, people said that Jesus did “all things well.” How can you develop a similar reputation for excellence? www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #miracles #excellence #wuwei
Once again, political violence has people at odds. Here’s how you can lower the temperature in conversation by speaking the truth in love. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #politicalviolence #outrage #truthinlove
September 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Once again, political violence has people at odds. Here’s how you can lower the temperature in conversation by speaking the truth in love. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #politicalviolence #outrage #truthinlove
For those who can no longer relate to Deity in anthropomorphic terms, relating to God as Holy Spirit can help revive a floundering faith. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #namesofgod #holyspirit
September 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
For those who can no longer relate to Deity in anthropomorphic terms, relating to God as Holy Spirit can help revive a floundering faith. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #namesofgod #holyspirit
Marvel’s Thunderbolts* does more than set the scene for the “New Avengers.” It also highlights mental health and addiction. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #thunderbolts #mentalhealth #addiction
September 5, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Marvel’s Thunderbolts* does more than set the scene for the “New Avengers.” It also highlights mental health and addiction. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #thunderbolts #mentalhealth #addiction
Has an overdose touched your community or someone you love? Overdose Awareness Day ends the stigma and saves lives. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #IOAD #OVERDOSEAWARENESS
August 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Has an overdose touched your community or someone you love? Overdose Awareness Day ends the stigma and saves lives. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #IOAD #OVERDOSEAWARENESS
“I may never march in the infantry, ride in the cavalry, shoot the artillery…but I’m in the Lord’s Army!” And AWANA is the bootcamp. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #christiannationalism
August 22, 2025 at 3:13 AM
“I may never march in the infantry, ride in the cavalry, shoot the artillery…but I’m in the Lord’s Army!” And AWANA is the bootcamp. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #christiannationalism
We live in a high-pressure, commercial society that relies on making you discontent. How can you make yourself content, instead? www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #innerpeace
August 13, 2025 at 2:32 AM
We live in a high-pressure, commercial society that relies on making you discontent. How can you make yourself content, instead? www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #innerpeace
These days, you hear many people substitute the word “God” with “The Universe” or “Nature.” Can Christians justifiably rename God this way? www.patheos.com/blogs/breath...
August 4, 2025 at 3:15 AM
These days, you hear many people substitute the word “God” with “The Universe” or “Nature.” Can Christians justifiably rename God this way? www.patheos.com/blogs/breath...
Religions spend a lot of time contemplating the afterlife. But Taoism seems more interested in the foundation of things than the end of them. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #creation #jesus #laotzu
July 19, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Religions spend a lot of time contemplating the afterlife. But Taoism seems more interested in the foundation of things than the end of them. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #creation #jesus #laotzu
Proverbs 29:11 says, “A fool gives full vent to anger, but the wise quietly holds it back.” Some have learned healthy coping mechanisms and others have not. Is there a way to be angry without it becoming sin? www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #copingmechanism #copingskills #angermanagement
July 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Proverbs 29:11 says, “A fool gives full vent to anger, but the wise quietly holds it back.” Some have learned healthy coping mechanisms and others have not. Is there a way to be angry without it becoming sin? www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #copingmechanism #copingskills #angermanagement
Let me be clear. While Trump’s foul language is a problem, the F-bomb isn’t the real issue. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #F-bomb #Trump
July 3, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Let me be clear. While Trump’s foul language is a problem, the F-bomb isn’t the real issue. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #F-bomb #Trump
Jesus knows that those who try to outshine others only succeed in dimming their own light. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #humility #jesus #laotzu
June 23, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Jesus knows that those who try to outshine others only succeed in dimming their own light. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #humility #jesus #laotzu
According to the Bible, the baptism of the Holy Spirit is not some elite spiritual upgrade, like first-class passengers on an airplane. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #speakingintongues #tongues #holyspirit
June 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
According to the Bible, the baptism of the Holy Spirit is not some elite spiritual upgrade, like first-class passengers on an airplane. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #speakingintongues #tongues #holyspirit
Christ’s ascension marks the apex of his ministry. For this reason, I find the ascension far more gripping than Easter. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #ascension #ascensionday
May 29, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Christ’s ascension marks the apex of his ministry. For this reason, I find the ascension far more gripping than Easter. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #ascension #ascensionday
Are there measurable outcomes as you live out your faith and share it with others? How does God measure effective lives and ministries? #godsjudgment #righteousness www.patheos.com/blogs/breath...
May 22, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Are there measurable outcomes as you live out your faith and share it with others? How does God measure effective lives and ministries? #godsjudgment #righteousness www.patheos.com/blogs/breath...
Though various traditions may have different interpretations on the word’s meaning, the title “Host” is a divine name upon which we can all agree. #namesofgod #monotheism #renaminggod www.patheos.com/blogs/breath...
May 17, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Though various traditions may have different interpretations on the word’s meaning, the title “Host” is a divine name upon which we can all agree. #namesofgod #monotheism #renaminggod www.patheos.com/blogs/breath...
Recently, I buried my father, a Christian patriot who understood the difference between loving God and country, and Christian Nationalism. #christiannationalism #patriotism #separationofchurchandstate www.patheos.com/blogs/breath...
May 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Recently, I buried my father, a Christian patriot who understood the difference between loving God and country, and Christian Nationalism. #christiannationalism #patriotism #separationofchurchandstate www.patheos.com/blogs/breath...
In life’s turmoil, Lao Tzu says you can find divine creation within. The eternal Christ brings order to chaos and silences your storm. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #christianity #taoism
March 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
In life’s turmoil, Lao Tzu says you can find divine creation within. The eternal Christ brings order to chaos and silences your storm. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #christianity #taoism
The term “demonic possessions” suggests devils enslaving people. But it’s really the demonic grip a hoarder’s possessions have on them. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #hoarders #hoarding #demonic #possession
March 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The term “demonic possessions” suggests devils enslaving people. But it’s really the demonic grip a hoarder’s possessions have on them. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #hoarders #hoarding #demonic #possession
The Bible depicts God as a divine Wellspring, the Source of all that is. Renaming God as Wellspring and Source can lead to liberation. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #namesofgod #divinenames
March 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The Bible depicts God as a divine Wellspring, the Source of all that is. Renaming God as Wellspring and Source can lead to liberation. www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #namesofgod #divinenames
Hudson Taylor said that Missionaries should live and dress like the people they seek to evangelize. Is this just squicky cosplay? www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #missionary #missionaries #cosplay
March 12, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Hudson Taylor said that Missionaries should live and dress like the people they seek to evangelize. Is this just squicky cosplay? www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #missionary #missionaries #cosplay
Feeding wild animals teaches them to treat you as a food source. Or as the food itself. So, why are Evangelicals feeding the TikTok Croc? www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #trumpism #Peterpan #tiktokcroc
March 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Feeding wild animals teaches them to treat you as a food source. Or as the food itself. So, why are Evangelicals feeding the TikTok Croc? www.patheos.com/blogs/breath... #trumpism #Peterpan #tiktokcroc