“rest up

get clear

clean up

clear out the clutter

clean up those clicks

get really really grounded in you”

extend yourself and in all kinds of love. extend love.

rob bell said on the rob cast recently.

i’m clear – i love immigrants, international friendships and alliances.

i clean up after my dog and

my country and sometimes s**t happens. at large and at home.

i clean up clutter in my papers? this one is hard – i hang on too long. but sometimes relationships take time. even democracies.

i am grounded in the love of god. and those faithful communities, my interfaith friends – these love-based, fellowship-strong communities become stronger when we are bonded/not fractured

i am a part of strong communities, founded in the reality of vulnerability, authenticity. caring for the meek, marginalized.

extending love to every single person i meet today, students and colleagues — and strangers too — i am praying for every single person on the subway or pass on the street. i pray for the strength of civil rights leaders, past and present, and yes, future – who show us the way.

i am not giving up, i’m not clicking on divisive social media, i’m grounded in a deep faith in community. i

still believe in daily doses of love and joy.