JL Gerhardt

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My daughter: Why do you love me? Me: Because God told me too. That was not the answer my precious #enneagram3 wanted.

@lblestes And get a profile pic out of it! Win. Win.

When someone asks for a photo to go with a presentation and you realize that your options are a cropped engagement photo from 8 years ago or the official dept headshot taken when you were two weeks postpartum, you have an impromptu backyard photo shoot.

@JackieHillPerry I up and moved to Northern Ireland because @rendcollective was playing in Belfast in October. For real though. We're living in NI for a month 100% to go to a concert.

@six_mack @freedhardeman @davidshannonfhu Love it. :)

For all my @freedhardeman friends here is a bit of post about my gratitude for Freed. Hope you enjoy. @davidshannonfhu robbiemackenzie.me/blog/2fms6dv96…

Everywhere we find ourselves pushed, challenged, stretched--that's a place to embrace transformation

How to see God--advice from a nature guide. Plus, sloth pics. jlgerhardt.substack.com/p/spotting-slo…

My friend @Rebecca_Allison has a poem featured in this (p. 67). Honestly, this poem is kind of epic, and I'm still working to understand it. But isn't that the great joy of poems? They're like boots: give them time, wear them in.

Missed the opening session of #drive19 because of a flat tire! What about doing the whole thing again? #drivewish Props to our lead minister @JustinGerhardt for getting his hands (and pants) dirty!

We don't have to let our mood (or spiritual maturity) rise and fall on the unpredictable behaviors and attitudes of others. With the fullness of God in us, we are free to let humans be humans - fickle and fragile and forgetful.

@Addison_Crow 😊

Wondered why the car blowers didn't seem very effective then realised half of them were set to 'email' instead of 'bacon'.

@msleining @JustinGerhardt Thanks for leading her!!

@jlgerhardt @JustinGerhardt Her creativity is AH-MAZING! So glad she's getting the chance to express it!

When a Techie finishes their project early, they’re challenged to make something else...this time, a @makeymakey 🐈! #vikingsgotheart #rrisdtech @JustinGerhardt @jlgerhardt

@Rae_Ladae Labradoodle! That’s perfect! 😂

This is my cousin, and it’s one of my favorite quotes. “People ask me if my faith healed me. In a very real way, my faith is what gave me Ebola. This has changed my perspective on faith. Faith is not something that makes you safe.” — Kent Brantly

If these words never occur to us - “I may be wrong about __________” - it’s a pretty sure bet we’ve got ourselves confused with God.

It's the shortest day of the year. It is the darkest day. In the tiniest of increments, we start getting more light tomorrow, friends. And there is so much hope in that to me. Tomorrow, there will be more light.

"When I understand that everything happening to me is to make me more Christlike, it solves a great deal of anxiety.” —AW Tozer

@TylerHuckabee My mom.

@sarahbessey Drives me crazy when we only think of the smiley, bubbly people as joyful. So many quiet mountains of joy out there. // Good post!