Hillsong
After Hillsong
- janithecat
- June 10, 2022
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Sometimes I think about the story of the Tower of Babel. Humanity started building a tower, to build a name for themselves… so God spiced up the dialogue. It is no coincidence that the more people have begun to speak up, the more difficult it has been for institutions that have made a name for themselves to continue to build. And that is a good thing.
Read MoreEnough is Enough
- janithecat
- April 12, 2022
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Laura Lentz said straight up that her priority has been “the healing of our family.” …And that’s fine. If they want to slip into the obscurity that should have always been theirs, God bless. But when these reports come out and blanket statements are made referring to “RELENTLESS lies, accusations and hypocritical scapegoating” without having ever acknowledged the truth of how badly the everyday people and volunteers of Hillsong East Coast were failed, it minimizes the experiences of everyone involved.
Read MoreHeart For This House
- janithecat
- November 7, 2021
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It has been a year since the firing of Carl Lentz and the very visible part of the (I think) end of an empire. Back in October, I thought I would feel more on the actual dates, as in thought I would feel something but… nope. Probably because I was a woman on a mission, […]
Read MoreNo Ordination Love
- janithecat
- August 13, 2021
- 4 comments
If I could tell Sam Collier anything, it would be to run – to therapy, to an accredited seminary, to decolonization work, to transparency and accountability, to healthy leadership – to anything to get to the truth about the ounces of him that have made him susceptible to this kind of harm and primed to perpetuate it.
Read MoreI Get It
- janithecat
- July 25, 2021
- 2 comments
Your faith is dangerous. And not in the cool storming-the-gates-of-hell kinda way you might be imagining. The devil isn’t scared of you, but I am. Of you, for you. Because COVID is cold and impersonal, it is the genetically engineered shark in Deep Blue Sea and you are Samuel L. Jackson standing on the edge.
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