Lindsey Kelley
@lindseykelley
college chaplain, writer, musician. the divine is for all.
Lindsey Kelley
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“And these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work… this will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s son that we will be mature in the Lord.” (Ephesians 4:11-13)
Unity. Knowled
... See more“My garden is riotous, unholy, deliriously glorious! I wish you were here!” - ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER TO BERNARD BERENSON, 24 JUNE 1898
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” - rumi
“All great spirituality is about what we do with our pain. Creation has a pattern of wisdom; and we dare not shield ourselves from it, or we literally will lose our soul. We can obey commandments, believe doctrines, and attend church services all our lives and still daily lose our souls if we run from the necessary cycle of loss and renewal. Death
... See more“There is a great battle raging: for my mouth not to harden and my jaws not to become like heavy doors of an iron safe, so my life may not be called pre-death.” - Yehuda Amichai
“Do not become the ones who hurt you. Stay tender with your power. Never fight to injure, fight to uplift. Fight because you know that in this life, you deserve safety, joy, freedom. Fight because it is your life.” - Chanel Miller
Last Supper feet washing. Peter “Wash my hands and face!” Jesus says, you’re actually mostly clean. I’m just here for your feet. Dignity. We’re not mostly bad. We have dirty feet, but Jesus isn’t trying to be dependent. God doesn’t want us to feel dirty to the core. Jesus sees us as full people.