"We have what the military call a VUCA environment: Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity. There are many unknowns and many feelings, and this is when people need their leaders to step up, connect, support, and soothe..."

“How do we connect and grow as a community when we need to increase our social distance?”

“...There are queen bees (politicians), drones (profiteers, the media), and worker bees (canvassers, poll counters, Congressional staff). And as the ideological extremes drift further apart, we are, increasingly, like different species trying (or not trying) to co-exist…”

"I am choosing to end the silence by sharing three dramatic examples from my own life that show what racial privilege looks like from the perspective of someone who is neither white nor privileged by the circumstance of ‘race.’"

Reflections from the year on liberation, equity, co-creation, confronting bias & discrimination, authenticity, listening, inclusion & giving voice, connection & community, faith & prayer, building, compassion & empathy, altruism, assisting the hungry, truly *seeing* each other, belonging, healing, care of self & others, and love.

"...People who are blind do not judge those around them in the ways the rest of us do. People who are blind do not see skin color, for example. All they know is what they learn from what others say and do. It’s such a non-judgmental way to live, I wish we could all be like that."