catch sight of our nephew Michael and a crush of other children—those of our friends and David’s congregants—darting through the crowd with glow necklaces on every appendage. I realize that this night in this church is the world that they will know, this is the world they will see as normal, this is the world they will inherit. A world made by people of all colors and sexualities and ages and faiths and gender expressions who have traveled many roads toward hope. And though we crowd the dance floor in the space that has been made specifically for us, our presence seems to create even more
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