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Andrea Johnson

@andreaoptimist.bsky.social
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Deconstructed Product of the SBC Machine Intentional Optimist Grateful that Jesus can hold onto me better than I can hold onto him.

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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
“Critical thinking is how real leaders resist the noise.” www.buzzsprout.com/1282826/epis...
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You’ve Been Taught to Ignore This Leadership Superpower - Stand Tall & Own It - Empowering Purpose-Driven Women to Lead with Authenticity and Impact
1 BIG IDEACritical thinking is your responsibility—not rebellion. It’s how real leaders lead. This episode helps you reclaim your mind, challenge the assumptions shaping your choices, and use discernm...
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
"We desperately need people who can calmly walk the awkward middle... who can sit in tension, embrace nuance, and welcome complexity...can love their enemies and have empathy...this is truly the way of Jesus— I’m trying; will you join me?" open.substack.com/pub/christyl...
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A Slow Boil
The quiet spread of fundamentalism into mainstream evangelical ideology
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
As someone who is in the process of leaving evangelicalism, it is so easy to be gaslit by all the whitewashing.
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Dear SBC leadership, you must do better. But my hope for that has died a slow and torturous death... open.substack.com/pub/christab...
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The SBC's Clergy Sex Abuse Crisis Doesn't Stem from 'the Sexual Revolution'
... and more evangelizing won't cure it
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
“If your theology can’t make it past the prison gates, it never made it out of the tomb.” — Dr. Jemar Tisby
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Yesterday’s WomenAdvancing Summit at TomTom Festival reminded me: We’re STILL fighting for funding. VC access isn’t improving for women — it’s slipping. The UK just launched a £255M fund for women-led startups. We don’t need polish. We need belief. 1/2
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Two historic firsts on Kentucky’s Supreme Court: Debra Hembree Lambert, first female Chief Justice Pamela R. Goodwine, first Black woman elected This is what resilient leadership looks like. 1/2
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
We all get a choice: Perform leadership—or live it. Cory Booker said: “Hope is the active conviction that despair will never have the last word.” That’s not just political. It’s personal. (1/3) #Leadership #Hope #CoryBooker
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
I was raised to be polite. For a long time, I thought that meant staying quiet. I’ve learned that true leadership isn’t about being liked— It’s about being real. Being rooted. These days, that means saying the quiet parts out loud. About faith. About power. About the kind of leadership we need.
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Leadership isn’t always about having answers. Sometimes it’s about staying curious, listening closely, and refusing to numb out. This helps. 👉 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l... @hcrichardson.bsky.social #Leadership #Discernment #CuriousLeadership #IntentionalOptimism
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March 31, 2025
Podcast Episode · Letters from an American · 04/01/2025 · 13m
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
The White House quietly released a Friday night EO that would eradicate privacy protections, make enemies lists a lot easier to assemble, and basically set the stage for a police state.
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
The message of the Bible - civilizations survive not by strength but by how they respond to the weak; not by wealth but by how they care for the poor; not by power but by their concern for the powerless. What renders a culture invulnerable is the compassion it shows to the vulnerable. — Rabbi Sacks
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
I spent 25 years in higher education research administration & operations, for two amazing institutions. They are both being targeted by the Trump administration because they dare to think for themselves. @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social @uvapress.bsky.social
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
"When the system protects those who look, think, and act like you, you don’t fear history—you assume it will always be on your side." @savannahlocke.bsky.social & @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social They leave us so much data - you just have to go through it.
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Gosh, I’d love to sleep as hard and peaceful as my beagle. Just a nap. I’m not asking for much…
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Wish I could go. The book was so helpful.
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Wow - finding so much hope in the actual Constitution AND Parliamentary Procedures... shows how ignorant I have been... and apparently how ignorant they are...
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Stephonee @stephonee.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Figure skating world championships were considered to be for men only until 1902, when Madge Syers showed up and took home silver and the ISU went "whooooops guess we need to segregate them." It happened again in 1992 Olympic skeet shooting: Zhang Shan took gold and then they segregated the event.
Figure skater Madge Syers, doing a one-foot glideZhang Shan, Olympic gold medalist in skeet shooting, pictured wearing goggles and with several, uh, shotgun casings? in the air in front of her. Look, I know figure skating words for the most part but not skeet shooting ones.

I could have picked one of the pictures of her with her gun but the ones without Getty copyright on them were all potato-quality, and also I probably would have used the wrong gun word there too.
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Authentic, sustainable leadership is more important every day... podcast.deepwealth.com/blog/leaders...
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Leadership Coach Andrea Johnson Reveals Leadership Secrets To Help You Unlock Massive Success
Unlock your leadership potential with Andrea Johnson's "Intentional Optimism" — align your core values for impactful personal and business growth.
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Maine…
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Andrew L. Seidel @andrewlseidel.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
The last time a man called himself king of this country we fought a revolution to free ourselves from his tyranny.
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nicole mason @nicolemason.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Church leaders: equipping and enabling your people to lead alongside and even instead of you is a good and necessary form of rebellion against the powers that be.
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Oh, boy DO they need bigger ideas! This is a fantastic, stimulating and enlightening conversation.
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
I needed this beautiful reminder. The Fruit of the Spirit in Times of Political Chaos open.substack.com/pub/jemartis...
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The Fruit of the Spirit in Times of Political Chaos
Staying rooted in values when the world feels unstable
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
I’m having a hard time not seeing this as a threat to my child’s autonomy and access to medication that helps him immensely. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
This book "saved" me. I saw myself on the pages and it took me through a very dark valley. So proud to be one of those 100,000. Thank you, @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social and @brazospress.bsky.social. As a pastor's wife of 30+ years, I'm literally holding my breath for the new book.
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Today's sermon outlined the benefits of Meditation (Ps. 1), and that the Beatitudes are a meditation on the 10 Commandments. @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social expounds on this in her Sunday Musings. "Woe to the rich." A holy denunciation from Jesus. open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
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Sunday Musings
The Politics of Woe
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Beth Allison Barr, PhD @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
I’m going to start blocking folk who tell me that trying—calling reps, supporting lawsuits, speaking out—won’t help. 70% of us (according to @prripoll.bsky.social) are not Christian Nationalists, so we can take this back. open.substack.com/pub/robertpj...
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New PRRI Survey: A Reality Check on the Reach of White Christian Nationalism in Seven Charts
White Christian Nationalism is Neither the Best of Us, Nor the Majority of Us
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
This conversation helps me with my goal of moving forward (spiritually, mentally, emotionally & politically). Thank you, @mariahhumphries.bsky.social, I would have been "fangirling" too. 😉 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
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Benjamin Cremer: Kingdom over Empire
Podcast Episode · Peace Talks · 02/04/2025 · 47m
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Feeding my soul each day, helping me stay informed while not giving into fear. Thank you, @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social. Facing What We've Avoided open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
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Facing What We've Avoided
Religion and politics come to church — and can't be ignored any longer
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
BREAKING: New lawsuit challenges Trump's anti-diversity executive orders, alleging Spending Clause, vagueness (Due Process), free speech (First Amendment), and separation of powers violations. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The President can have his own views about these matters. He can try to make his
views into policy. But he cannot seize Congress’s power of the purse. He cannot deny due
process to millions of Americans. And he cannot abridge or disrupt the free speech of those who
disagree. Those are the constitutional and legal transgressions of the J20 and J21 Orders. To
remedy these harms, and to defend core Constitutional rights, Plaintiffs bring this suit.
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Julie Zebrak @juliezebrak.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
The experts, lawyers, and scholars who I’ve been speaking with since last night agree with me that it’s a coup and that this a 5-alarm fire.
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Y'all... everything "they said" would happen under "liberals" is happening under Christian Dominionists. Pay attention.
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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
@bethallisonbarr.bsky.social continues to flip the evangelical complementarian/biblical patriarchy script on its head with her new book, Becoming the Pastor's Wife👏More little known history that bulldozes new highways for Christian women to go be free. @jonpyle.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/jonp...
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Since taking office on January 20, he has blocked both of the legal pathways that allow people fleeing persecution to seek safety in the United States. We need secure borders, & an orderly process. But blocking refugees & asylum seekers will not do that. @wechoosewelcome.bsky.social
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
"No one is curious about the truth. What they believe... that becomes the truth." ~ wisdom from K-drama...
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
The number of times the word "WOW!" has been uttered in my hearing today...
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Actionable hope. Thank you, @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social dianabutlerbass.substack.com/p/what-are-w...
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What Are We Going to Do?
Preparing my house to withstand the wildfire of the next four years
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Your Non-Negotiables are your CORE VALUES. They are: * Internal - anything external is an aspiration. * Elemental - foundational to who you are. * Reciprocal - you want it as much for you as you do for me. So don't tell me you VALUE freedom of any kind if you don't want it for everyone else.
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
I grew up in Seoul, Korea... under military rule... as an expat, we were supposed to carry our residence permit with us at all times... but NEVER ONCE did I need to show it to anyone. Now, it seems that if you don't "look right" you need to carry the proper ID with you everywhere. Ah, USA...
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
That this is even a thing... www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
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Navajo Nation leaders address reports of ICE detaining tribal citizens
Social media reports of Navajo citizens being detained by ICE prompted Navajo leaders to explore ways to protect their people.
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David W. Swanson @davidwswanson.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
To keep the biggest wallets from defining reality, we've got to keep telling the truth. We don't need to get sucked into debates with those who've embraced what Snyder calls "magical thinking," who claim that our eyes, ears, and common sense have betrayed us. 4/
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
“We must choose whom we will serve. Will we continue to serve the false god that places absolute national sovereignty first or will we serve the God in whom there is no east nor west? ” - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
If you don't want to hear the gospel preached, perhaps you shouldn't go sit on the front row of a church service.
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
May we, on this MLK Day, remember that we all have a voice. It might feel small... but it is still important.
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Bonhoeffer's Child @bonhoefferchild.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
It’s literally impossible to pick up Christ’s Cross and follow Him, when you’re sitting on Caesar’s throne.
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
When you submit learning objectives and they respond... "This looks fantastic! Thank you so much for getting it to me this week. I know the end of the year is insanely busy and you heard what we wanted and crafted a session that is exactly what we were looking for. Really looking forward to it!" 💃
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Dad-Joker: If you were a ghost, you’d be a Boo-ghatti Me: 🤦🏼‍♀️
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Andrea Johnson @andreaoptimist.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Fear is contagious…
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