The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz

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Radical Self-Care in a National Nightmare
These days will kill you if you’re not careful.
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Don't Let Bishop Budde Stand Alone: A Challenge to Every Minister in America.
To the Ministers in America,
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MAGA Christianity is Anti-Jesus. Just ask Jesus.
Rev.
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How to Mentally Survive America's New Great Depression
This morning was a rude awakening.
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To The People I Know Who Voted for Him,
To the people I know who voted for him,
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The Second Coming of MAGA's Messiah
How a rapist, felon, and traitor became millions of Americans' savior—and what the rest of us can do now
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January 20th: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream and Donald Trump's MAGA Nightmare.
The second inauguration of Donald Trump falling on Martin Luther King Jr.
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It's OK if You're Not Ok. No One Who's Paying Attention Right Now, is.
“How are you?” I asked my dear friend Julie, as she fell down into her chair across from me with a loud exhale.
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White, Jesus-Loving Christians Need to Defeat Christian Nationalism
I didn’t want to be doing this.
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In Defense of Giving a Damn
Let’s be honest here: at a time like this, feeling is hazardous to one's health.
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Dear Carrie Underwood, (From a Former Pastor and Father, Regarding The Inauguration of Donald Trump)
Dear Carrie Underwood,
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The California Fires are a Disaster. The American Cruelty is a Tragedy.
In this life, there is devastation that human beings experience here that defies understanding: pain so all-consuming and loss so indescribable that…
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