In some ways, it was exactly what I needed to read when I most needed to read it, and in other ways it was somewhat forgettable. We carry those inside of our hearts.I read this book on December 31, mostly while flying home from a family vacation. “our worth and our belonging are not negotiated with other people. “If you need me to be someone different than who I am, it’s not gonna be successful.” “It really is going to take a million acts of kindness and consciousness to change this.” “if the only two tools that you have in your tool bag are shame or coddle, that’s a sorry-ass tool bag.” What shame drives is rage, anger, rationalization, and blame.” “at the end of the day, at the end of the week, and the end of my life I want to be abel to say that I contributed more than I criticized.” “I’m not going to let my imperfection move me away from the conversation because it’s too important.” “opting out of speaking out because we may get criticized is the definition of privilege.” The wilderness is the third way, not hating either side. “When we use dehumanizing language it says much more about us than the people that we’re railing against and it chips away at our soul.”
“in the absence of data we will always make up stories” Generosity – when something happens, I assume positive intent Integrity – choosing courage over comfort Vault – keeping things confidential and not sharing other’s stories that are not ours to tell This is such an important conversation.Īccountability – going directly to the person, not back channels
I’ll talk more this week about how Jesus’ wilderness experience lines up with this talk. Today, however, I want to share a video that interviews Brene Brown about her book Braving the Wilderness. You can see my visual commentary on it at the Cartoonist’s Guide to Matthew. 1-11 where Jesus is led into the wilderness for 40 days and faces temptation. This week we will preach on Matthew 4:1-17.
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