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Jared Witt

@Jared_Witt

perennially & professionally perplexed transitional pastor at https://nitter.gq/t.co/VZuLn9U0ix therapist at https://nitter.gq/t.co/QaZFB48fUS

 KC, MO/Overland Park, KS
Joined July 2011
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Grateful for five years at Responsive Centers. Now seeing clients in my own practice in KC, MO.
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Deep gratitude to the wonderful folks at Second Presbyterian in KC, MO. I’ll be at Westport Presbyterian just up the road next. Still seeing clients at responsivecenters.com
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Replying to @DKThomp @jean_twenge
4) I've said this 100 times and might say it 100 more times. It's getting v v hard to deny that phone/social media use has coincided with a collapse in physical-world activity for young ppl—just as their anxiety and sadness has surged.
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Breaking: The Kansas City Royals have chosen the Crossroads as the site of their new planned stadium, @KCStar’s @SamMcDowell11 reports Formal announcement coming Tuesday kansascity.com/sports/spt-co…
Royals set to announce stadium plans at Crossroads District site downtown: sources

Royals set to announce stadium plans at Crossroads District site downtown: sources

The Kansas City Royals have made a decision on the site of their proposed new downtown stadium.

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My son, who works in a restaurant at Royals stadium, reported that most people had their chairs turned away from the field to the Chiefs’ game on TV.
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Second Presbyterian Church (@secondpreskc) • Instagram photo

Second Presbyterian Church (@secondpreskc) • Instagram photo

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“Other people aren’t failed attempts at being you.” Wade Davis
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Yale graduate students vote to form labor union news.yale.edu/2023/01/09/yal…
Yale graduate students vote to form labor union

Yale graduate students vote to form labor union

Yale graduate and professional school students have voted to form a labor union, President Salovey said after a count by the National Labor Relations Board.

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Neil Peart left us on this day three years ago. His work with his band Rush was an inspiration for countless people and influenced a whole generation of drummers and musicians. We’d like to take a moment today to honor his genius and the impact he had on music.
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Everyone to me: you really don’t want to go on a cruise?
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The use of fear to control children is so ubiquitous that most adults don’t even realise they are doing it. They’d never describe what they are doing that way. But in so many different ways, the children feel it. Here’s what it looks like. 1/
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Bryony Taylor@vahva23 Sep 2022
Really sorry to hear of the death of Hilary Mantel. One of our greatest novelists. RIP.
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Opinion | Mental Health Is Political (Published 2022)

Opinion | Mental Health Is Political (Published 2022)

Many in power would prefer to kick questions like “What caused the mental health crisis?” and “Who benefits?” out of sight. Don’t let them.

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The guy with the worst grades should get to give a graduation speech too. Let me hear both sides
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The Mondragon Corporation, a voluntary association of 95 autonomous coöperatives in the Basque region of northern Spain, offers an inspiring alternative for capitalism. Could the model be replicated in a country like the United States? nyer.cm/9JRQjEq

How Mondragon Became the World’s Largest Co-Op

In Spain, an industrial-sized conglomerate owned by its workers suggests an alternative future for capitalism.

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“The problem isn’t that people are not the way they used to be,” Atul Gawande wrote, in 2020. “It’s that the economy and the structure of work are not the way they used to be.” nyer.cm/GOkfOqn
Why Americans Are Dying from Despair

Why Americans Are Dying from Despair

The unfairness of our economy, two economists argue, can be measured not only in dollars but in deaths. 

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We continue to provide an opportunity to view @YaleDivSchool introductory courses with Professor Dr. Bruce Gordon’s course on Early Modern #Christianity. Watch the sessions at tinyurl.com/2p9etyc8. #YDSCCE #YDS #YBS #Bible #BibleStudy #BibleStudies
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Judd Legum
@JuddLegum18 Jul 2022
1. Prior to Citizens United, billionaires spent a negligible amount on federal elections Today, billionaires are using a small percentage of their extraordinary wealth to shape the federal gov't to meet their economic and ideological interests Follow along if interested 🧵
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A thread worth your while if you’re a person of faith.
David Dark has been the honor of a lifetime. (@DavidDark) profile pictureDavid Dark has been the honor of a lifetime.@DavidDark7 Mar 2022
1. Yes. I’m waking up to the fact of Christian supremacism. I resisted the realization for a long time. I think I’m done resisting now. It's real. It's also a threat to public safety.
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