Marc Alan Schelske

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😂😃😭 Check out the closing lines of this ancient book. That last little paragraph was added at the end of one particular medieval copy. The scribe wanted posterity to remember h

"A man who does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good." - Henry Ward Beecher bit.ly/3Ihiw3n #EmotionalGrowth #SpiritualGrowth #YourInnerLifeMatters #TheWisdomOfYourHeart

Constantine wasn't the problem. Here's why that matters today. bit.ly/3ZaQb6b (Archive Post)

Yes! @brcremer nails it: “Part of the greatest commandment Christ gave to his disciples is to “love your neighbor.” Not control your neighbor. Not mock your neighbor. Not shame your neighbor. Not dehumanize your neighbor. Not demonize your neighbor. Not defeat your neighbor.…

Gentle wisdom for those of us who’ve discovered that faith made of certainty is incompatible with life as we know it. (From @bradley.jersak Out of The Embers)

Did you see this? Saturday Night Live's Prophetic Question: Will We Offer a Safe Place to Land? bit.ly/3QOgpL7

Did you see this? Saturday Night Live's Prophetic Question: Will We Offer a Safe Place to Land? bit.ly/3QOgpL7

Wow. Christians would have saved themselves a lot of hassle if they had followed this clear guideline! (The Didache, ca. 70-100CE)

#WritingPointer 11: Do one kind of writing per session. Brainstorming, outlining, sketching a scene, writing a first draft, and editing are all different brain states. Switching between states slows you down and makes you less good at everything. #WritingTips #WritingCommunity

Something to consider: Are you spending $100 of emotional energy on a $5 problem? That means you need to sit with your emotions and listen. bit.ly/3Ihiw3n #EmotionalGrowth #SpiritualGrowth #YourInnerLifeMatters #TheWisdomOfYourHeart

Facts.

Saturday Night Live's Prophetic Question: Will We Offer a Safe Place to Land? bit.ly/3QOgpL7

Saturday Night Live's Prophetic Question: Will We Offer a Safe Place to Land? bit.ly/3QOgpL7

Church, take note. Rev. Cremer has it right. “When our Christianity begins to look like vengeance, animosity, and hostility towards the world, rather than love, humility, and compassion, that is when we know we are following someone other than Jesus.” #GoodTheologySavesLives

I cannot get this SNL sketch out of my head! Saturday Night Live's Prophetic Question: Will We Offer a Safe Place to Land? bit.ly/3QOgpL7

I cannot get this SNL sketch out of my head! Saturday Night Live's Prophetic Question: Will We Offer a Safe Place to Land? bit.ly/3QOgpL7

Spoiler alert: It's not about your beliefs. What is a spiritual life? Do I have one? bit.ly/41vXxne.

Some Christians have started suggesting that social justice is a new thing that has nothing to do with the gospel. Well, here’s a prophetic word for capitalist America, coming from a Catholic pope writing in the late 6th century. (The Book of Pastoral Rule, St. Gregory the G…

True! “Evil is particularly hard for some Christians to face if that evil is intertwined with a version of Christian language or Christian practice that seems inextricably part of faith.” - @ProfligateGrace from Laughing at the Devil: Seeing the World with Julian of Norwich

"The Jesus way of the cross . . . is just this: 'active, voluntary, self-offering love which is the life of God himself.'" - @bradjersak quoting @FrJohnBehr