I attended a ‘De-escalation Training’ this week through ONE Northside, offered by Hollaback, a global movement working towards ending harassment in any form it presents itself (one more way we can live out our baptismal vow to resist injustice), and training folk around the globe to feel empowered to intervene in a way that does not put themselves at risk.

MLK Day is coming up on January 17th! It's so important to do something to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. in the ways that we can. 

We all have things -- hobbies, jobs, activities, that we put all of ourselves into. That we focus on to the point of exclusion, that, when they're complete, we find that we've left a bit of our soul behind in that project, however large or small it may have been. There's a Greek word that describes this: meraki. It's usually used in reference to art or cooking, but you can apply it to anything, really.