Grief has a way of seeping through the cracks and crevices of the lives that we inhabit. At other times, it barrels through doors like a flood that saturates all that is in its path. Goodness does likewise.

May God meet you as you sit in grief and stand in goodness.

When we talk about that which will sustain and nurture our spiritual growth as a people, we must once again talk about the importance of community. For one of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we are not alone. —bell hooks

Some make a theological argument that baptism is not a private matter, but it is a public means of grace whereby we bear witness to new life and its possibilities within a community. We proclaim new life through water. So, I write today to make public what I did in an impromptu moment on the shores of the Pacific Ocean.