Daniel Pryfogle

All growth requires the practice of established disciplines (e.g., exercise and contemplation) and the reversal of conventional wisdom (e.g., there must be winners and losers; people must be prodded by leaders to get anything done). This is a paradox. 1/4

These Masters mile times could be read as age-defying achievements. Or they are the gifts of age: self-awareness, discipline, fortitude, resilience, and the energy of history applied in the moment. usatf.org/news/2023/2023…

“Three reformers, all women, were messing with the gravity of things.” @arax_mark reports on a new movement fighting the powers that be in the San Joaquin Valley. nytimes.com/2023/06/01/mag…

“God didn’t give you the ability to throw a baseball like he did to me, and he gave you a gift that I can’t do nothing with!” — The Rev. William H. Greason; story by @LouieLazar nytimes.com/2023/06/04/spo…

And then the Spirit may move, as prophesied of old: the Spirit poured out on everyone, young and old, inside and outside, strangers made friends, friends made neighbors, neighbors who each bring some gift of the Spirit for the common good.

It’s #Pentecost Sunday in the Christian tradition. The Spirit may yet move in empty sacred spaces. Somebody open the door. Somebody step outside. Someone invite neighbors inside with the genuine invitation: Make of this space what you will for the healing of the community. 1/2

@RCFennell Congratulations, Rob!

“It will add a very positive story in a very negative time about how Americans can work together, even if they come from very different backgrounds.” — Dorothy Canter, Julius Rosenwald & Rosenwald Schools National Historic Park Campaign @YonatShimron religionnews.com/2022/12/08/a-p…

@edjsandoval @veronicagcarde1 @nytimes Thank you for your reporting.

As soon as we learned the Supreme Court issued a stay on #Title42, @veronicagcarde1 & I crossed to Reynosa to talk to hundreds of migrants living in poor conditions, outside a crowded shelter. The consensus: crushing disappointment ⁦@nytimes⁩ nytimes.com/2022/12/27/us/…

For the last-minute #lectionary preacher: “Restore us” is the people’s plea (Ps 80). “God with us” is the reply — not a panacea but a presence, not a solution but a story, an abiding story. “And they shall name him Immanuel” (Mt 1:23).

@AMBankstw Congratulations, Adelle! And thank you!

Appreciate so much that the Washington Association of Black Journalists chose to recognize me with its inaugural lifetime achievement award on Saturday. Thanks to Marshall Childs for the photo of my award acceptance.

(Image: Robert Motherwell, “The Little Spanish Prison,” 1941-44, MOMA) 4/4

Without the embrace of the paradox, we move through each day willy-nilly, having abdicated our power of direction by neglecting what we should do and falling into line with what we know, either consciously or unconsciously, is not true. 3/4

All growth requires the practice of established disciplines (e.g., exercise and contemplation) and the reversal of conventional wisdom (e.g., there must be winners and losers; people must be prodded by leaders to get anything done). This is a paradox. 1/4

Eloise Sheats looks at an empty wing of Macedonia United Methodist Church in Cary, NC — and she sees the possibility of social impact. Her congregation will clarify the vision through the Church & Community Placemaking Lab, sponsored by @OrmondCenter in partnership with Sympara.

@_Sympara_ @OrmondCenter We’re thrilled to also partner with @cgergen and Forward Impact in this work!

For the last-minute #lectionary preacher: These are healthy directions. Work for the well-being of the place where you live (Jer 29:7). Make joyful noise, especially when it makes no sense given your circumstances (Ps 66:1). Trust your longing. Rise and go your way (Luke 17:19).

For the last-minute #lectionary preacher: The religious leader is right that six days are for work (Lk 13:14) — the world needs work (Is 58:12) — but wrong about ceasing on the Sabbath, for this day is made holy as the self finds work’s end and beginning in serving others.

@sqpt Prophets bemoan and pride themselves on isolation. “I’m the last one left,” said Elijah. I’m the only one. I’m the voice of the voiceless. It all depends on me. The Spirit exposes the pride and calls prophets out/into the wonder of God’s provision and accompaniment in community.

@daniel_pryfogle Interesting. Though I worry about isolation as a sign of specialness. Could be a false flag for some. Still your creative observation is huge.

What does it mean to live as a prophet, rather than just speak as one?