I don't think I've done a French word yet (if I have and I'm misremembering... pretend I haven't?) Anyway. The word is élan (it's actually also the title of a song I like by a Finnish band called Nightwish) and it means...momentum, basically. Enthusiasm. The feeling that you get when you're passionate about something, that then drives you onward to continuing or finishing whatever that 'something' may be. 

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.