What's the worst thing you've ever witnessed at a wedding?
I'm torn between a Men In Black reenactment, a duet about sexual possibilities between bride + groom, and a trip down Memory Lane which became a slideshow about boyfriends the bride still had feelings for.
Other atrocities I have witnessed:
1. The bride choosing "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" for her walk up the aisle
2. A wedding toast to a man with severe visual impairment about learning to truly "see" his bride.
3. "Sexual Healing" as the registry song played BY ME ON CELLO
My dears. I was having such a garbage day of lockdown and then you brought ALL THESE COMMENTS INTO MY LIFE. Thank you. You win the day.
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We want to tell the truth about the suffering of our world. But here are three things about the intensely URGENT AND APOCALYPTIC culture of Twitter actually prevents me from grappling with the truth about suffering sometimes. (thread)
1. Most people need to manage the amount of suffering they absorb in a day. Twitter seems to demand that you withstand life's terror every day, at all times, or else you are somehow complicit. I wish there were more grace for the way that we need moments of exposure and shelter.
In the cancer clinic, the nurses always turned off the news. I always appreciated that as a permission slip. One day's suffering is enough.
o God these are darkening days,
with no hope in sight.
o God help us in our fear and desperation.
anchor us in hope!
God have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Spirit have mercy.
“let not your heart be troubled;
you believe in God, believe also in Me.”
John 14:1
God have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Spirit have mercy.
blessed are we with eyes open to see
the suffering from pandemic danger,
sickness and loneliness,
the injustice of racial oppression,
the unimpeded greed and misuse of power,