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I feel called out by chapter 6

1. lead with humility
2. smell like your flock
3. who am I to judge?
4. don't change - reinvent
5. make inclusion a top priority
6. avoid insularity
7. choose pragmatism over ideology
8. employ the optics of decision making
9. run your organization like a field hospital
10. live on the frontier
11. confront adversity head-on
12. pay attention to non-customers

The local church should be like a MASH unit/field hospital deployed after battle. Serving everyone without judgement and addressing the most harmful wounds first.

"Christians are called to do the great work of evangelizing to the ends of the world in a spirit of humility, rather than an attitude of conquering."

"Preaching the gospel requires humility, service, charity, & brotherly love. To approach evangelization with imperialism or an attitude of conquering doesn't work."

"Only those who serve with love are able to protect."

Leadership is the ability to communicate a vision, and to encourage others to carry it out.

Ah, so I was right

Huh, Rui and Yiran eh?

Titan is talking to one of the Kings of hell and has no idea 🙈😅

“Maybe this is how friendship started, someone placing a fistful of feelings in your hand and saying, keep it safe.”

“The older theologians used to say that the soul is a kind of sailboat. The holy spirit is the wind that fills its sails and propels it forward. The gusts of wind are the gifts of the spirit.”

Unity is not uniformity.

“If the warmth of God; his love, his tenderness, is not in our own hearts. Then how can we, who are poor (in spirit) sinners, warm the hearts of others?”

Ah, so Zizi is Four…?

Wasn’t ready for what the baby’s lest feelings were before it died

The narrator is the same but he changed the cadence/tone of a few of the voices... which is annoying.

Currently in Chapter 26 and man the author likes two similies in particular; 'he smelled like gingerbread' and 'climb them like a tree'. The second in particular makes the author's voice louder than the characters' voices. It's also a bit confusing that both main characters use the phrase where as when it was first introduced only one of the characters said it.

That was unexpected

I’m starting to really not like Theo.
Great log game plot happening though!

Again, chapter 4 stormy champions meeting the husband sexual needs, and how making sure that each other’s needs are met is important to then go on and do emotional labour of marriage I have a feeling that for this chapter, it would be best to cross reference with a book called the great sex rescue.

In chapter 1, there is a section where stormy talks about being the heart of the home as well as various ways of adjusting expectations; so I agree with most of her outcomes. I disagree with her reasoning of how she got there. I’m glad that she reiterate that abuse is not OK however the mindset that she recommends put people at risk for abuse.

The author is really good at writing fluff and tension

Is Charlie neurodivergent?

Gosh I dated a guy like this once… it was better for both of us that it didn’t work out