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she/her @thereafterpod cohost w/ @cortlandcoffey , PNW๐ŸŒฒ, agnostic, enneagram1, professor, BLM, feminist AF, bi๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™ #deconstruction , pro-therapy, runner๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ

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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
I. Have. Arrived. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ”ฅ #fueltheuprising
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@thepursuinglife I don't know what revolution you've got up your sleeve, but your @ anagrams to FUEL THE UPRISING
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
My gas tank bill is starting to look like a grocery bill and my grocery bill is starting to look like a Costco bill and my Costco bill is starting to look like a mortgage payment and I donโ€™t know how people are affording to live right now.
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
Can we normalize letting people say no to an alcoholic drink without 1. asking multiple times and 2. demanding a good reason? Some people just donโ€™t drink. Accept it and move along.
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
8 months
My biggest soccer mom pet peeve is when parents scream at their kids from the sidelines to get to a different position than where their coach put them. So I wanna give a trophy to the 9yo that just turned from the middle of the field & screamed Iโ€™M DEFENSE to her yelling dad. ๐Ÿ’ฅ
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
There, I fixed it for you. ๐Ÿ’ฅ
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
Letโ€™s unlock a memory: Question to all the folx that grew up wearing a โ€œslipโ€ under their dress to church. Can we unpack this? Did everyone do this? Do people still do this? ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿผ
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
3 years
I miss Rachel Held Evans.
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
9 months
My 9yo found out that I pay for therapy and she said she could just listen and give me advice for free if I wanted ๐Ÿฅน
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
6 months
Even setting aside the white saviorness of it all, making an international move without proper prep isnโ€™t โ€œdoing the hard work for Jesus,โ€ itโ€™s just being unprepared. Why are you making your kids suffer? Iโ€™m so tired of the false sense of Christian persecution. 3/
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
6 months
I need to FB unfriend the person I know from college whoโ€™s posting daily about her life bringing her family to Africa as missionaries. They didnโ€™t have the right visas, they tore their teenage kids from school/friends/sports/orchestra.. 1/
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
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Translation: โ€œWe donโ€™t want independent, autonomous women. We want girls we can control. It makes us feel more masculine and in charge.โ€
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
3 years
If you're LGBTQ+ affirming, but still part of a non-affirming faith community, WHY?
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
3 years
There, I fixed it for you.
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
So whoโ€™s gonna make a documentary about Bethel? ๐Ÿ‘€
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
3 years
I have a joke about the Bible but it will probably be misinterpreted.
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
I just think God is so proud of how many of us are having our daily time each morning in the Wordle.
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
My in-laws are over for dinner and they just told me their pastor is: 1. A woman 2. Unmarried 3. Pregnant AND SHE IS STILL THEIR PASTOR. Their church is supporting her fiercely. HERE FOR THIS. Yโ€™all thereโ€™s hope for humanity after all. ๐Ÿ’›
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
11 months
CW: transformed wife CW: marital r*pe I need to say this explicitly. I need my twitter mutuals to put a sensitive content flag over tweet screenshots from the transformed wife. Thereโ€™s some marital rape apologetics from her right now & I just canโ€™t. Iโ€™ve blocked her for a reason.
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
11 months
Can someone please validate that itโ€™s okay to walk away from my child having a root canal when I feel extremely uncomfortable with the person doing the procedure & my kid is sobbing? BC he made me feel like shit when I chose to leave & seek out a pediatric specialist instead. ๐Ÿ˜ญ
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
3 years
๐Ÿ‘‹ HOLY HELL I'M GOING TO BE A COLLEGE PROFESSOR. I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!! ๐Ÿฅณ๐ŸŽ‰
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
3 years
Raise your hand if you just interviewed to be a college professor! ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
6 months
Sorry.. I didnโ€™t get a lot of sleep last night and I just needed to get that rant out of my system because Iโ€™ve been irritated since the day she posted โ€œour visas didnโ€™t get approved but we prayed and had this dream that showed us God wants us to go anyway!โ€ ๐Ÿคฏ /4
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
3 years
Someone in my DMs today was pushing me to confess that I'm actually gay and that's why I care so much about being affirming. I'm not gay. I would tell you if I was because I'd be proud AF to say so. And I care so much because non-affirming theology is killing people.
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
6 months
They went totally unprepared, & they keep saying โ€œwe know this is hard, but weโ€™re doing this for Jesus!โ€ Theyโ€™ll say โ€œPray for our kids, theyโ€™re really struggling with the transition but weโ€™re telling them to trust Jesus!โ€ I just want to scream โ€œyou could let them come home!โ€ 2/
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
Brian Houston telling people they shouldnโ€™t even watch the documentaries and they should just stay focused on Hillsong because the devil is trying to tear down what theyโ€™ve built or whatever is maybe the most spiritually manipulative ๐ŸšฉBS of all of it. And Iโ€™ve only watched 2/3.
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
Can we fantasize for a minute on how we could repurpose all those fancy mega church buildings for something else? If these buildings were.. empty.. what could we do with them instead? ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
3 years
What is complementarianism if not patriarchy persevering?
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
I canโ€™t get over how the people who thought that asking everyone to wear a mask was too much government control are the same people demanding government control of uteruses. ๐Ÿคฏ
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
10 months
Why are men
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
1 year
Bisexuals following the Billy Graham rule
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
3 years
I got my first evangelical coffee invite โ€œto talkโ€ about โ€œmy evolving beliefsโ€ and I just want to be like, โ€œYou know Iโ€™m still a Christian, right? Just not the kind you like.โ€ Christian or not, us folks in #deconstruction donโ€™t want coffee. We want to be seen. ๐Ÿ’›
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
3 years
I'm about to go on a feminist rant about PMS, birth control, and #purityculture so prepare yourselves folks and don't even try to look away. Here's the point: Normalize teaching women about how their menstrual cycles affect their emotions. And the side effects of birth control.
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
6 months
CW: spanking I canโ€™t stop thinking about the video of that mom who bragged about spanking her child because she โ€œwasnโ€™t excited to see herโ€ when she picked her up from the neighborโ€™s house. And she claimed the spanking worked bc from then on kid was excited to see herโ€ฆ 1/
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
6 months
I havenโ€™t mentioned this here yet but a life update is that Iโ€™ve gone from being married to not being married in 2023 and thatโ€™s all I really plan to say about that to respect the privacy of my coparent and my kiddos. Iโ€™m doing well and have learned a lot about life this year. ๐Ÿ’›
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
๐Ÿคฌ Hillsong ๐Ÿคฌ Christianity Today ๐Ÿคฌ Mars Hill ๐Ÿคฌ Willow Creek ๐Ÿคฌ all the rest ๐Ÿคฌ the ones yet to surface THERE IS NO BABY. JUST BATHWATER. ๐Ÿคฏ #exvangelical
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
3 years
You can have good friends of any gender/sex outside of your marriage/partnership and Billy Graham doesnโ€™t have to be there to supervise. ๐Ÿ’›
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
You might be #exvangelical ifโ€ฆ
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
3 years
I can't get over people that tell me they waited for sex until marriage and it worked for them so purity culture isn't harmful. Let me tell you something: In a lot of ways I fit into what evangelicals asked of me too. THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT ISN'T HARMFUL. Listen to some stories.
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
1 year
Non-affirming theology is killing people. This has to stop.
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
3 years
Me: Yeah, I think Iโ€™m handling my deconstruction really well. Also me: *Hears a Bethel worship song and turns into the Winter Soldier*
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
3 years
I need someone else to admit that their bedroom has several loads of unfolded clean laundry on the floor because it would make me feel seen.
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
3 years
Iโ€™m more likely to follow a Christian on Twitter with pronouns in their bio than one with Bible verses. ๐Ÿ’›
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
I lose sleep at night thinking about how evangelicals failing to teach consent creates sexual abusers and how their bent toward redemption then gives them refuge.
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
11 months
@MandaTheGinger Iโ€™m really hoping she thinks #WAP means โ€œwanting advice pleaseโ€ and uses the hashtag for every question she asks..
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
people on facebook found out that I say fuck on Twitter sometimes and I wish they would get as worked up about oppression and patriarchy and racism and white supremacy and queerphobia and ableism as they do about me saying fuck on Twitter sometimes
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
My kids had a friend over yesterday and I said โ€œhey would you like me to make a frozen pizza for lunch?โ€ And the friend said โ€œI guess but.. is it possible.. to have it.. cooked?โ€ ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
1 year
โ€œEx-boyfriendโ€ but bc you grew up in #purityculture more like โ€œEx- didnโ€™t date but were intense friends for a year, had 8 DTRs about how we should focus on god, & made out once in the dorms cuz it was late & our inhibitions were down, & cried/prayed when it endedโ€ AMIRITE
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
6 months
CW: spanking This makes me angry on so many levels. Emotions shouldnโ€™t be abused out of children. Child development shouldnโ€™t be abused out of children. Parents shouldnโ€™t use their children to feed their own egos. And behavior modified with abuse isnโ€™t โ€œspanking works.โ€ 2/
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
The #exvangelical fear that when my kids become teenagers they'll get invited to their friends' youth groups. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
Hate speech is not free speech. Hate speech is not free speech. Hate speech is not free speech. Hate speech is not free speech. Hate speech is not free speech. Hate speech is not free speech. Hate speech is not free speech. Hate speech is not free speech.
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
Yโ€™all someone is QUOTING BIBLE VERSES in my INSTAGRAM COMMENTS and now Iโ€™ve changed my mind about EVERYTHING and will return to the EVANGELICAL MEGA CHURCH because of the BIBLE VERSES IN THOSE COMMENTS. /s
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
11 months
@muddletoes Oh my word I hadnโ€™t read it this way until you pointed this out!! I should have said.. walk away WITH my child not FROM!
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
Stop ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ using ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ the ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Bible ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ as ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ a ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ weapon ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
8 months
On most days I donโ€™t know what the hell Iโ€™m doing as a parent, or I wonder if Iโ€™m even parenting at all. But tonight I told my 9 year old it was time for bed and she looked at me square in the face and said, โ€œWhat if I say no?โ€ 1/
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
3 years
When religious folks say not to read certain authors, it's a bit insulting isn't it? I mean, do they think we aren't capable of critical thought? When have I ever blindly followed something just because an author said it in a book? Give me a bit more intellectual credit.
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
6 months
Usually Iโ€™m good at telling myself this, but today was a struggle so Iโ€™m asking for yโ€™all to help me. Can someone remind me that getting out & running 7 miles still slays, even if itโ€™s a slow 13:00/mile pace?! Some people walk at this pace. Mine is a nice jog on roads & trails.๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
1 month
Itโ€™s late and I shouldnโ€™t probably be on twitter but I have a thing to say. I have been saying for months that eventually evangelicals are going to realize that being non-affirming isnโ€™t working out for them, & theyโ€™ll flip to suddenly queer affirming, & everyone will cheer. 1/
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
The Hillsong documentary is making me want to just move to a rural town and not talk to anyone for awhile. ๐Ÿคฏ
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
1 year
Carl Lentz moving into Tulsa like โ€œWhat scandal?โ€
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
So many folks resonating with this tweet. If you are in a place where you *do* have a bit of surplus and want to know how to help some folx out, check out this patreon by @ToriGlass that pays the rent for 1 black family & 1 indigenous family for a year. ๐Ÿ’›
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
I always thought I needed the way Rachel Held Evans said โ€œon the days when I believe..โ€ for the permission it gave me to doubt, but sometimes I wonder if I need it for permission to have days when I believe in something too. ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ’›
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
1 year
holy. shit. my. student. loans. have. been. forgiven. with. PSLF.๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿฅณ๐ŸŽ‰
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
Normalize ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ not working ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ when youโ€™re not at work ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
6 months
CW: spanking My mildly spicy take is that if parents handled discipline this way and are unwilling to reflectively apologize for the harm, whether intentional or not, then they likely wonโ€™t be able to have an authentic, genuine relationship with their child, even as adults. 3/
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
@bernardshuford I do get that vibe sometimes from people who drink around me of โ€œYou must be uncomfortable with my drinking then.โ€ And itโ€™s like โ€œNo. Drink away. And Iโ€™ll be fine drinking something else.โ€
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
3 years
I often wonder how many church leaders are closeted affirming.
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
Why.. why.. when people share about their hurt leaving the church do others swoop in and say things like โ€œdid you really try?โ€ or โ€œhow about a different church?โ€ or โ€œdid you have honest conversations tho?โ€ Why canโ€™t people just respect that leaving is valid and hurt is valid?
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
When did โ€œThe Case for Christโ€ and โ€œThe Case for Faithโ€ become โ€œThe Case for Christian Nationalismโ€ and โ€œThe Case for Christian Supremacy?โ€
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
3 years
Tomorrow is my last day teaching elementary school. After 15 years. I donโ€™t have it in me to write a whole thing, but thereโ€™s so much grief. I never saw it ending like it has. I have hope for new adventures, but for now Iโ€™m going to focus on healing, my family, and pressing on.
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
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The level of lifetime control the parents would need to maintain over their children to keep them indoctrinated is horrifying. How do they not see this?
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
I just canโ€™t with the targeting of childrenโ€™s hospitals. Iโ€™ve been in those hospitals yโ€™all. They are a sacred place. A place of hope and grief and so many emotions in between. How has it come to this? 1/
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
Becoming more public with something Iโ€™ve had a lot of private conversations about in the last few months. Feels good to be open & authentic about who I really am and to have so many people in my life see and celebrate the real me. #bisexual ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ’ฅ
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
Trigger warning: SA . . . . . . . The number of exvangelicals that start to learn things and then discover that a situation many years ago was actually assault is one of the most appalling things about coming out of purity culture.
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
3 years
I'm ranting today. Because I used to hold all that H*lls*ng and B*th*l worship music close. It was my running music. It was my comfort music. And now it's triggering AF because of all the toxicity and nationalism and abuse that have come from these organizations. There's anger.
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
3 years
Whenever I tweet about the Billy Graham rule, someone also shows up to remind me that I better have good boundaries if I'm going to have friendships without supervision. I would like to remind these folks that I'm a grown-ass woman. Thanks. ๐Ÿ’›
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
1 year
Remind me never to fall asleep next to Jen Hatmaker on a plane ๐Ÿ™Š
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
No, I don't want to pray together. No, I haven't been reading my Bible. No, I don't want your small group praying either. Instead of prescribing what I should do, how about asking how I am without an agenda? Listen with curiosity. Hold space. And stop turning your mind gears.
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
When you see folks going through #deconstruction and youโ€™re still fiercely evangelical, I recommend A) listening to us or B) leaving us alone *note* there is NO option c) write articles & books about us or d) preach about us or e) wage war on us at your concerts Carry on. ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
Church Leader: *has consensual unmarried sex with partner* Church: Youโ€™re fired and we will publicly discuss this sin and your depravity. Church Leader: *is a sexual abuser* Church: Letโ€™s part ways quietly so no one finds out and good luck at your next church.
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
3 years
I got a job rejection yesterday. Someone from the interview team called bc she wanted to tell me personally how much they loved me, and how sad she felt that someone else had more specific experience. It didnโ€™t stop me from crying in the shower, but I guess it was nice of her. ๐Ÿ˜ญ
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
1 year
What do you want for Christmas and why is it Beth Moore reading a page from Amy Grantโ€™s queer affirmation playbook? ๐ŸŒˆ ๐Ÿ‘€
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
I mean.. I donโ€™t know. How would YOU answer? Like.. without swearing in the reply? ๐Ÿคจ
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
6 months
CW: spanking And if youโ€™re about to come & defend spanking, go read about trauma, abuse, ACEs, and research. This isnโ€™t โ€œletโ€™s do the parenting trend from church,โ€ this is scientific research on child development. 4/
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
8 months
Sure sex is great but have you tried having a fully developed prefrontal cortex before making a lifetime commitment
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the saving sex for marriage to getting married at 19 to have sex pipeline
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
8 months
It was possible for that interaction to go in a thousand different directions, but the one I chose to take it came from a place of wanting to see my kids as participants in their own story, capable of thought & independence, NOT โ€œinstant obedienceโ€ฆ or elseโ€ robots. 4/
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
8 months
Itโ€™s possible to have trust & mutual respect with your kids. Itโ€™s possible to let them have curiosity & wonder without punishing them. Itโ€™s possible to show love to your kids in a way that doesnโ€™t look like control. But then again, I donโ€™t know what the hell Iโ€™m doing. /4
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
10 months
Itโ€™s interesting how many people donโ€™t understand that thereโ€™s a difference between saying โ€œpatriarchy is badโ€ and โ€œmen are bad.โ€ People that see these as the same think patriarchy = men andโ€ฆ thatโ€™s EXACTLY THE PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE DECONSTRUCTED.
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
the โ€œiโ€™m queer affirmingโ€ to โ€œiโ€™m actually queerโ€ pipeline amirite
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
1 year
Wait do people still play Wordle?
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
3 years
Whatโ€™s the correct eating order?
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
9 months
I donโ€™t know who needs to hear this but I give you permission to start the dishwasher even if you think there might be a random dish in a bedroom upstairs somewhere.
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
8 months
I could barely get through my little Danny Tanner speech when she laughed & said, โ€œNevermind, Iโ€™m going to bed.โ€ I wanted to tell this story because I see tweets on here about how parents should react when their kid says no or if their kid gives the *slightest* pushback. 3/
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
Can we deconstruct daylight savings time please and thank you? ๐Ÿ’ฅ
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
1 year
Is it โ€œprivately affirmingโ€ or is it โ€œunwilling to lose power and privilegeโ€?
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
If you are committed to non-affirming theology and feel the need to take a public stance on this: 1. Thank you for your clarity. People have a right to know who is and isn't safe. 2. Please don't ask for sympathy. You are not being persecuted for holding to toxic beliefs.
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
6 months
CW: spanking So donโ€™t come & tell me it works for you. Put on your big person pants & become an actual parent that navigates tough times through a collaborative relationship with your child instead of beating them into submission. 20 years from now, your 10yo will thank you. 6/
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
6 months
CW: spanking Letโ€™s see how spanking helps academic achievement. Oh wait, in John Hattieโ€™s list of 252 influences, spanking is 6th from the bottom, and is in the red because it has a NEGATIVE effect size, or a negative impact on academic achievement. 5/
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
3 years
Itโ€™s perplexing to me that folks will choose their interpretation of the Bible over their own children.
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
Can y'all please do your research? 1. Women are not using abortions as their "contraceptive plan." 2. Women are not getting all kinds of late-term abortions at 8 months because "they changed their mind." If you're gonna be pro-life, please do your goddamn research.
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
3 years
Mega church = MLM
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Meghan ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™| The Pursuing Life
2 years
People that conflate teaching LGBTQ+ inclusion in elementary school with โ€œteaching pedophilia,โ€ I need you to stop and think for a fucking minute about the message youโ€™re sending to LGBTQ+ youth.
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