Kechi Ladapo
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Kechi Ladapo
“The world of branding calls for clean, simple, and straightforward messages voiced by a caricature of yourself. The call to wholeness often invites the messy, nuanced, and incommunicable within/around you. You're not doing it wrong. You (and your world) are beautifully complex.”
—Rose J Percy, from Twitter, 7/11/22
stripes are my favorite color: on releasing the caricature of myself
I'm Sarah, a hungry pilgrim of a reader who always thought I'd study literature and stumbled instead into two theology degrees at Oxford, almost by accident. But I never strayed far from my novels. I quickly discovered that story almost always helped me to a deeper understand of doctrine.
Wendell Berry helped me to grasp the Incarnation.
Tolkien was... See more
Wendell Berry helped me to grasp the Incarnation.
Tolkien was... See more
The Vicarage Library | Patreon
inspiration for my community
As people contort themselves to please the algorithm for short-term payouts, there’s even more of the less legible, less liquid, but ultimately more important long-term value up for grabs for you if you continue to just be yourself and talk about whatever lights your fire, algorithm be damned.
Packy McCormick • A Market For (Almost) Everything
Idea for mom university
A Book Is a Heart That Only Beats in the Chest of Another: Rebecca Solnit on the Solitary Intimacy of Reading and Writing
themarginalian.org
My wish for you is that you continue, continue to be who and how you are,
to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.
Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heart.
to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.
Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heart.
Small Listening is Big
-Maya Angelou
Instead, we should pursue “five kingdom habits that build trust.’ These are the five habits that they suggest cultivating.
- Pray. Pray for our own hearts to be soft but also pray for their whole lives.
- Learn. We can learn what causes their distrust. Practice asking good questions.
- Bond. Make space in your life for people. They write “The best
Be a trustworthy human
Classical education booklist