My answer to a friend: There is no success in ministry, only service and moments of celebration. If you choose to minister, expect to be misunderstood. All of the pain people carry will fall upon your brow, and you shall be the stand-in for every ignorant statement...
Rest and laughter are the most spiritual and subversive acts of all. Laugh, rest, slow down.
In this season of continued healing, I am soaking the powerful words of Julia Watts Belser deep into my own bones: “Disability has taught me much about the potent spiritual subversiveness of being radically comfortable in my own skin, of daring to find the presence of...