Rev. Julian DeShazier | J.Kwest

Bam scores 83 and it was the 2nd best thing to happen in sports today ⚾⚾⚾

“It is a broken institution, this empire, and as a Black man I have come to trust its brokenness almost like clockwork. So for me, placing even a sliver of my spirit into this realm is a fool’s game—or worse, idolatry.” – @PureKwest christiancentury.org/voices/after-e…

The lady just said "boarding integrity"...when did a Southwest flight become a case study for all that's wrong with humans right now???

“If we need for young people to act as adults, then we really haven’t done anything besides create a space for them to be more like us. And if they have to do all the work to get comfortable inside of our spaces, that’s not equity either.” – @PureKwest christiancentury.org/voices/why-chu…

@MarkHansbauer @ChristianCent I like the argument. But even so, planned spontaneity is better than living rote. Thanks for chiming in!

“The algorithmic nature of our lives causes us, by design, to miss some experiences that we absolutely must have for a full and faithful life.” – @PureKwest christiancentury.org/voices/god-car…

this isn't the first time either, many examples of ways we will let the queer community entertain us but not live alongside us. And not the only people either!

"DEMURE, MINDFUL"...let me say this: don't take from the Trans community without honoring their life and struggle. Don't love the language and send 'em to hell. Let your solidarity be whole

@notgaetti THE BEST

You have no idea how much I love this stuff. Baseball is the best.

Folks, drop whatever you’re doing This is simply incredible stuff right here Two of baseball’s most cerebral geniuses, Barry Bonds and Greg Maddux, breaking down the absolute chess game that was their approach to competing against one another

Congrats to @PureKwest for winning the award of merit for short-form personal reflection at the 2023 @AChurchPress awards. Here is his winning piece, an essay about a high school graduation ceremony inside a jail. christiancentury.org/voices/when-ri…

“We have to stop looking for greatness or trying to be that for others. We have to stop trying to be the next or the first.” – @PureKwest christiancentury.org/voices/great-m…

This would be a unique opportunity for the Democrats to say "trust our system, don't worry about who's on top"...can us voters even think like that? Voting for a way of doing things, not a face 🤔

The theory that history is nothing but the biographies of great men is not only false, it's dangerous. My latest for @ChristianCent -- christiancentury.org/voices/great-m…

The whole "he's def winning now" after getting shot. I feel ya...please still vote, k?

"This is the faith life of many millennials. We might be in the church, but if we can find community at brunch, we might go there instead! We rock with Jesus, and we know Jesus wouldn’t rock with how the church acts sometimes."—@PureKwest, @ChristianCent christiancentury.org/voices/religio…

With the 42nd Annual Parker Lecture & Awards Ceremony just around the corner, we're looking back at some of our favorite remarks from the past 30+ years of this special event. Revisit Rev. Julian DeShazier's (@PureKwest) stirring 2019 Parker Lecture here: buff.ly/3wCPXKG

My daughters deserve a safer world, and this kind of boldness is gonna move us toward that. I appreciate this so much. It's gonna free some ppl. Keep going.

Reggie Jackson just kept it 1000 and kudos to @MLBONFOX for not censoring him. America needed that.

Miss you all!

The Haley Joel/AI/ghosts setup SHEESH🔥🔥🔥🔥Kendrick is NOT playing and is not dumbing himself down to win this thing.

ON THE OTHER HAND... (your turn now, I said mine 😂😂)

Sometimes it's just discipline that keeps you on a path (which, sure, congrats?!?). WISDOM is when you get off, to notice, and course correct. Humility. Vulnerability. He lost a battle, and might win where it matters.

Black man vulnerability needs to be modeled more. For that, RESPECT to J.Cole. The gunplay + trans lines on the project show the growth to come, but that man WANTED HIS PEACE and was willing to TAKE THE L to get it.