When we wrote last week, it was still Election Day. A lot has happened since then.

This past Sunday we shared a quote from author, historian and activist Rebecca Solnit who wrote, earlier this week, “You may need to grieve or scream or take time off, but you have a role no matter what, and right now good friends and good principles are worth gathering in. Remember what you love. Remember what loves you. Remember in this tide of hate what love is. The pain you feel is because of what you love.”

We then invited folks to write down some answers to the ‘what you love, what loves you, what love is’ and consider putting the paper where you will see it, so that they can be reminders and incentives in the weeks and months ahead. Each of us has a role to play, maybe even several, in resisting hatred, in strengthening democracy, in caring for one another.

Know that you are loved, and that you are not alone. So many of us are reeling, raging, and/or raw. Feel your feelings. Even the uncomfortable ones. And sometime soon, we’ll keep feeling our feelings and move towards strategies and actions to care for and protect what we love, what loves us, and what love is.

With care, and in faith,

Rev. Lynn & Rev. Wendy