As individuals, we all know pain and loss. It is the rare person who escapes sorrow. But when one of us hurts, others are there to offer comfort. Communal tragedy is different. When something bad happens to us as a community—whether that is a school, a town, a people, or a country—we struggle to figure out how to tend to our own wounds while taking care of each other. Drawing on compassion, empathy, justice, and love, we can bring out the best in each other, and perhaps, find a theology of hope in the midst of despair.
“Let your example burn through us”
Tofu, ice cream, beer, and liquor are new symbolic foods that reference this past year
“this world / could / still be / different”
“Be strong and courageous, and I will be with you”
“Stand for Love / Start right now”
“We understand that Black lives are sacred”
“Who shall die while begging for their life, their breath”
“Protest is a sacred act”
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