Twenty-Five Thoughts For Twenty-Five Years
Tomorrow, I will have officially lived a quarter of a century! I feel perpetually stuck at 22, so this one is an adjustment. It’s the first time I feel a little existential about getting older. Nevertheless, it seems worth honoring the good and the hard of these twenty-five years and how they have taught me. Here are 25 little profundities from my life so far: Silence and stillness are the backbone of healing relationships and fruitful lives. Remove them and everything suffers. Prioritize them—in your days and conversations—and things begin to fall into place. Ask permission. Consent matters in all contexts, not just sex. Abstinent Christians are perhaps the people who must learn this the most. Ask permission to offer advice, opinions, probing questions, recommendations, and touch. Consent gives people the space and safety to be themselves. The earth is a good gift from God. It is also finite. Our call to have dominion over it is an adventurous invitation to creative stewardship, not
