In the face of oppression, joy is holy. Joy in the face of oppression is holy rebellion. When our queer and trans, BIPOC and immigrant siblings are joyful, even as their rights are being rolled back, it is a holy thing. It is saying that I am the image of God and you cannot take that away

There is this moment when I hold the chalice up and I see myself reflected back in it. In this cup that represents both a memorial of Christ’s death and a foretaste of the Heavenly kin-dom. And I am reminded that in all our grief and all our hopes, Christ is right there with us.

ou are made in the very Image of the Divine. God created humans and proclaimed God’s work “very good.” You are made in goodness and for goodness and are constantly being called back to that goodness. We are called to live in harmony with every other Imago Dei. Walk gently through this world now, for we are all bearers of the Divine.