At some point, I know we will be able to see above the fog of trauma and find a way forward in defiance.

US politics has become all spectacle. That’s what happens when an anti-democratic administration is responsible for running a democracy.

We might not be able to single-handedly make 2025 a good year for the world. But we can do our best to take care of ourselves.

I have always had close relationships with Americans. I have relatives in New England, like most people who live in my region. Our countries’ economies are interdependent. We can not ignore each other.

Certain words have been outlawed recently for government employees. We’ll just need to talk about them even more in spaces like Harbor.

A reward in heaven, frankly, doesn’t mean much to me in the face of so much suffering in my present. That being said, I am grateful that Jesus places me and us in the line of the persecuted prophets, and that by being “blessed,” God’s solidarity with us is assured.