I affirm that I am worthy of being good enough to touch hearts and souls, and connect others to Spirit.

We are living today with time to do good for ourselves and for each other.

Slavery is made to sound as if it happened in a prehistoric age instead of only a few generations ago.

White supremacy illuminates the exceptional instead of blaming the system.

If I want well-being to be my truth, I must reclaim and protect it.

Witness pairs grief and rage with remembrance. Pride pairs joy with a determination to be visible.

we are here, and flowing, in and of, made of, because of You

We are full, sovereign human beings.

To understand that my humanity and my abundant flesh both demand dignity is to embrace fat liberation.

There was an audible gasp when they heard he* was gone A whoosh of air that sounded exactly like the bottom falling out of his mother’s** world the winds of mortality brushing his father’s** face the last breath of a kind soul All the years of struggle have settled into silence: Unsought,...

You will find me there; Dancing in the Shadows. You will find me there; where light meets the dark; You will find me there, dancing, dancing in the shadows; Shadows of lives past lived, Shadows of pain held near, You will find me there; Dancing in the Shadows; Shadows of ancestors dear; yes, you...

We must be willing and prepared to dance with joy when liberation arrives.

Every time someone showed up for me, I learned that love is greater than skin deep.

We have come here today to remember what some are intent on making us forget.

What word might you use as your centering lodestar for 2022?

May we continue to find ways to connect while keeping safe this holiday season.

For me, “surrendering everything tenderly” brings an awareness of grace.

Each Advent, my empathy for Mary’s situation returns.

Acknowledging that our dream was not happening didn't end the grief, but it did offer closure.

May we release ourselves from the need to fit every truth neatly into our own language.