Courage is not something we can cultivate on our own. It is something we hold in common, a gift we confer on each other. It is the communion we offer with our faces, in safe spaces, with words that break the bondage of yesterday’s shame and harm, rooting us in the reality that Beloved is who we are. With words aptly spoken, we break the bonds of evil that try to keep us stuck in our shells and burst forth in the boldness of belonging—bound up in the care of the living God.
