Joseph Grant

Festooned with jingle-jangle, temples of commerce lure us with sweet indulgences so very good for the economy.

The way to wellness is found in welcome, not in taking, seizing, grabbing, but in humbly, graciously receiving and freely sharing every gift.

Sooner or later, we all long to be gathered around a table wide, where welcome brings well-being.

May you embrace every prophetic opportunity afforded you this day to be folded back into this fuller flock.

Well-being is the fruit of welcome and inclusion, the commonweal that makes us whole.

Let not fear keep you from stopping and stooping to touch and be touched by the wonderful-wounded nature of life in these times.