Reader, writer, learner, teacher.
Joined April 2009
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Lisa Burgess retweeted
MISSION SUCCESS! ULA's #VulcanRocket successfully performed its #Cert1 flight test today! Thank you to the engineers, technicians and teammates across the nation who designed, built and launched this versatile new rocket. ULA success #159.
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Lisa Burgess retweeted
You say the equivalent of 4000 words to yourself every minute. No, that’s not a typo. Assuming you’re awake for 16 hours, your inner voice does the equivalent of 320 State of the Union speeches per day. bakadesuyo.com/2021/03/happi…
Lisa Burgess retweeted
My recommended new books for fall. They explore success and failure, identity and connection, and leadership.
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Lisa Burgess retweeted
What is one thing you can do today to uplift those around you?
Maybe all it takes is a kind word, a helping hand, or a listening ear that can make a world of difference… 💬🫴👂
Lisa Burgess retweeted
Great news! HB 209 will not pass in this state legislative session. FIAA wants to thank our volunteers from around the state & our allies for playing a pivotal role in preventing this voter suppression bill from becoming law! This is what we call faith very much in action!
Lisa Burgess retweeted
“If we refuse to act while our children are dying and in a moment when no one is safe, then shame on us. Shame on us if we allow this to happen and we do absolutely nothing.”
@ReverendWarnock
#EndGunViolence
Lisa Burgess retweeted
Talking with Canton Jones on his show about how it's time to abolish the death penalty, and why I hope Christians help lead the way. It's time to stop killing to try to show that killing is wrong. The death penalty denies the power of Jesus to redeem and restore every person. No one is beyond redemption.
Lisa Burgess retweeted
Boom. The state of Washington has just become the latest state to officially abolish the death penalty!!! – at Philadelphia, PA
Governor Jay Inslee has signed a bill formally banning the death penalty from Washington state law. The decision comes five years after a state court invalidated the practice, ruling it was "arbitrary" and “racially biased”. @InnocenceNW bit.ly/3Am3nJ6
Lisa Burgess retweeted
My heart is so heavy to hear the news out of Dadeville and Louisville last night. Week after week, we mourn loss of life from senseless violence and I ask my colleagues how many more will it take?
How much more death will it take before you believe enough is enough.
Lisa Burgess retweeted
Gun violence is preventable! Other nations have figured it out. We don’t have to live like this.
Lisa Burgess retweeted
Do you know why there are more mass shootings?
You guessed it. 1/4 of all guns manufactured in the U.S. are now AR-15s.
#BanAssaultWeapons
#BanWeaponsOfWar
#OwnedByTheNRA
#OwnedByTheGunLobby
Lisa Burgess retweeted
Seeing Sen. @ChrisMurphyCT speak about the paradigm shift on gun safety laws gives me hope.
The movement for stronger gun safety laws is growing and we will achieve our goals.
Lisa Burgess retweeted
The US has about 5% of the world’s population but almost HALF of the world’s civilian-owned guns. And where there are more guns, there are more gun deaths and suicides… Guns don’t make us safer.
It’s time for change… long past time.
Lisa Burgess retweeted
Responding with “thoughts and prayers” in the face of perpetual gun violence while we do nothing to prevent it only reveals that we are not actually thinking or praying.
Authentic thinking and praying never leads to apathy in the face of injustice.
It is spiritualizing apathy.
Lisa Burgess retweeted
We included this cartoon in our book #BeatingGuns.
It's time to stop protecting the NRA and guns...
and start protecting people.
[cartoon by: @CH_Cartoon]
Lisa Burgess retweeted
If children only sharpen their brains at school, there’s no guarantee they won’t go on to make trouble. To balance their keen brains, they need a warm heart. The more compassionate they learn to be, the more useful members of society they’re likely to become.
Lisa Burgess retweeted
Compassion and love are not a luxury; they are essential to our existence. Without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community. We must learn to work not just for our own self, family, or nation, but for the benefit of all humankind.
Lisa Burgess retweeted
A meaningful life is not about material gain, power or fame; these are only of passing value. True meaning comes from an inner sense of peace and contentment, which in turn must be based on a sense of caring and love for others.
