Pastors need therapists.
Pastors can provide encouragement, empathy, spiritual guidance and much more, but we cannot provide therapy.
Just like we shouldn't pretend to be medical doctors, we shouldn't pretend to be mental health professionals.
Pastors need therapists.
Pastors can provide encouragement, empathy, spiritual guidance and much more, but we cannot provide therapy.
Just like we shouldn't pretend to be medical doctors, we shouldn't pretend to be mental health professionals.
Image credit:- NASA Hubble
Image credit:- NASA Hubble
You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1
You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1
HUMANS!
HUMANS!
I believe in it because of the toxic fruit I’ve seen come from marginalizing the queer community and because of the good fruit I’ve seen come from fully affirming LGBTQ+ folks.
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I believe in it because of the toxic fruit I’ve seen come from marginalizing the queer community and because of the good fruit I’ve seen come from fully affirming LGBTQ+ folks.
open.substack.com/pub/zachwlam...