Beholding beauty in the mundane. Trying to keep kids entertained & fed. Often meet Jesus in the laundry room. Pray, sing, laugh.
Kansas City
Joined July 2008
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Thank you @EatAndys (Andy’s Frozen Custard) for selling me a gift card in the drive thru line. You made this mom’s day way easier than ChickFilA did. So appreciate the service!
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My father once told me the secret to a happy marriage.
“Stay out of the kitchen. Let her handle the holidays.”
I was 19. He was in his recliner.
My mother was cooking for 14 people.
She’d been up since 5 AM.
He’d been up since the football pregame.
I didn’t think anything of it.
That’s just how it was.
Fast forward 20 years.
I’m in the recliner.
My wife is in the kitchen.
She’s been up since 5 AM.
I’ve been up since the pregame.
My daughter walks by and I see her watching.
Not the TV.
Her mother.
Then me.
Then her mother again.
That’s when it hit me:
She’s taking notes.
My father taught me that holidays were for men to rest and women to work.
He didn’t say it.
He showed it.
Every Thanksgiving.
Every Christmas.
Every Easter.
The recliner passed from him to me like an inheritance I never asked for.
This morning I woke up at 4 AM.
Not for content.
For the turkey.
My wife found me in the kitchen at 6.
She didn’t say anything.
She just stood there.
Then she cried.
Your kids are taking notes.
Not on what you say.
On where you sit.
The recliner is an inheritance.
Be the generation that stands up.
Kelsey Bohlender retweeted
Grief is elliptical. It kinda shoots away & around & then smacks you in the back of the head from an unexpected angle. Feeling a strong measure of it this AM regarding leaders’ moral failures & the behavior of their minions. Oof. Jesus, come quickly. It’s a mess down here.
Kelsey Bohlender retweeted
WHERE IS SHIRI?
Every self-styled human rights activist, every world leader, every human rights group, every influencer, every pundit, every UN body, EVERYONE should be screaming that question right now and demanding an immediate answer.
Kelsey Bohlender retweeted
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Say their names.
Kelsey Bohlender retweeted
Dear friends, I want to sincerely thank all of you for your unbelievable support during what has been a stressful 24 hours. I don't know that I've ever felt more loved in my entire life—and most of you, I don't actually know face-to-face. I wasn't planning on making any comment, but I feel I need to for the sake of the #IHOPKC investigation. I am not leaving the investigation team. I'm still the spokesman. I've spent the last 4 1/2 months getting to know so many of you, learning about the survivor community, and gaining a better understanding of advocacy. We are so close to the finish line—and the only people who are going to be happy if it falls apart are the abusers!
Let's address the elephant on the Internet—the email that went out from Tikkun yesterday. I'm not going defend it—I was the target. But I've walked with these men for 37 years, and I'm not going to throw away that because of a stupid email (and it was stupid). I forgive them, just as I have been forgiven of so much.
Beyond misplacing their anger by taking it out on an advocate instead of the abuser, the tone and content of the email put the entire IHOPKC investigation in jeopardy. I trust that my brothers in Tikkun will quickly address the issue. They're not perfect men, but they are men of high integrity who made a mistake.
So before we throw in the towel and let the abusers win, please allow the leaders in Tikkun to explain themselves and hopefully reverse course.
As for me, I will never stop advocating for Sarah or Ray. Why should the alleged abuser have a massive platform, and the victims be rebuked when they share their stories? These things should not be my friends. While it might be tempting to back down when it appears so many people are angry with you, we cannot do that to the victims we represent. It's a cause worth being hated for.
So please, do not bail on me. I've put my heart and soul into this investigation for you! My brothers made a mistake. I trust they will address it quickly. But I am still very much a part of this investigation. No one asked me to post this. I am just very passionate to see you get justice!
Again, I can't thank you enough for the kind words that I've come my way today. I am blown away. God bless you!
Me, to teenage daughter: “hey you’re going ice skating, do you need a hat?”
Her: “No, my hair is kinda a hat”
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Loved Nathan’s “trailer” for The Hiding Place”! Come join us for a great show’
Sunday morning Nathan Middleton and @kbohlender gave us a little bit of The Hiding Place - this show is going to be remarkable. Let's pack it out. greenleaf.ticketspice.com/th…
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Kelsey Bohlender retweeted
Sometimes what you think is loneliness is really an aching for the age to come. Things will never be what they should here. But one day they will be everything.
Playing Corrie Ten Boom is a crazy honor. She’s a hero in my book. Come join us!
It's on like donkey kong! @kbohlender playing Corrie Ten Boom in The Hiding Place, Sept 5-7 in Bonner Springs. Get your tickets now - if you can, purchase early and help us PACK OUT FRIDAY NIGHT for Kelsey! greenleaf.ticketspice.com/th…
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Kelsey Bohlender retweeted
They told our kids to follow their lead and they could become prophetic voices and end time messengers. Yet they ignored the voices and the message. I would apologize for being angry, but I am more concerned about why you might not be angry.
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“There were no safety nets, and people fell through the cracks." Former International House of Prayer-Kansas City teens allege sexual misconduct by volunteer youth group leader.
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I’m playing Corrie ten Boom in “The Hiding Place” in a few weeks. Tonight, running lines, I wondered if I could speak the same love and forgiveness for a Hamas soldier who burned a baby in an oven. Prepare our hearts, Lord.
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