Seth Getz

But as for me, I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.

-Micah

Is the world a safe or dangerous place?

Is the world fascinating or dull?

Is the world always changing and evolving or is it fixed and mechanical?

Is there more than enough for everyone or are resources limited and fixed.

It seems like so much of your world view could be narrowed down to these

~Mary Oliver - A Summer Day

how to kneel down in the grass,
how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
which is what I have been doing all day.
Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?

who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.
Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.
Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.
I don't know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass

Who made the world?
Who made the swan, and the black bear?
Who made the grasshopper?
This grasshopper, I mean —
the one who has flung herself out of the grass,
the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,
who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down —

I love my friends that i have great conversations around ideas.

Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate in the late 4th century, complaining about Christians.

“For it is disgraceful that…the impious Galileans support not only their own poor but ours as well, all men see our people lack aid from us.”

When politics becomes a team sport, the focus shifts from results for constituents to simply winning.

Charts that make me go hmm.

Love this show, love this poster.

Because we are America and that comes with a heavy burden, the choices we make define not just our future, but the future of the world.

Time and again, America has been at its best when we stood up for others—not for profit, not for power, but because it was right.

We as a nation have been blessed by God in uncountable ways. How are we now blessing others? How will we rise to meet this moment? How will we choose to lead?

We are the country of the Berlin Airlift, keeping hope alive in a city surrounded by darkness.

We are the country that stood before the Iron Curtain and demanded, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall."

We are the country that liberated Kuwait, proving that aggression would not stand.

We are the country that liberated Europe and the Pacific, asking only for enough ground to bury our fallen.

We are the country of the Marshall Plan, not demanding reparations, but rebuilding in the spirit of generosity.

We did not ask for this power, nor did we ask for this responsibility. But God has placed it in our hands. And so we must ask ourselves: What kind of nation will we choose to be?

We are the country that declared, “Lafayette, we are here,” when our oldest ally had their backs against the wall.

Choices to use our diplomatic strength to forge a better world—or to seek only our own advantage.

Yes, we have power and with power comes choices. As Uncle Ben once said, "With great power comes great responsibility."

Choices to lift up the weak or demand protection money when they have their backs against the wall.

Choices to stand against the oppressor or stand idly by because we have not yet felt the sting of their aggression.

We Are America
The most powerful nation on earth, not just in military might, but in economic strength, cultural influence, and the ability to shape the world through diplomacy and leadership.
And with that power comes choices.

Your mindset shapes how you see the world.

A fixed mindset treats every challenge as a test of your worth. A growth mindset sees every challenge as a chance to improve.

“…quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger” is for online interaction, too.

Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate in the late 4th century, complaining about Christians.

“For it is disgraceful that…the impious Galileans support not only their own poor but ours as well, all men see our people lack aid from us.”

I understood conservatism to be a loose set of principles and ideas.

It now appears to be whatever the king says or does.

Where do you want to live your life on the spectrum between these two ideologies:

"I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man"

"My life belongs to the community, and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can"

Blessed are those who come to God in the discomfort of doubt,
for we trust that our honest unknowing is a truer and better prayer than bootstrapping efforts at certainty.

Paraphrase of Kate bowler

All right let's bring on the sunshine!

It feels like as kids we were taught to look both ways before we crossed the street.

But as an adult you realize that the drivers are looking out for you and then you get hit by an airplane.

Everything we were taught to fear turned into nothing, our struggles came from sources we never expected.

God is on his throne.

he's in control of our lives, of our nation, of our world.

He's going to take what is meant for harm and work it for good.

Have a great weekend.