For whatever reason - the mood was light, the usual prickliness in such circumstances was absent, and the ability to take it all in was very present.

Looking at what happens over time:  fear, suspicion, doubt, delusion.  These limit that capacity that comes with "not knowing.".  An old teacher once pointed out that these also create both individual and collective suffering.

The wait was an object lesson in the old adage that urges one to see challenges as opportunities;

Ours is a deeply textured existence.  We are able to bear witness to changes and skillful navigation through conditions both affirming and daunting when it comes to collective existence.

Where can I find grace?  It's a meditation on the conditions of life that require each person to surrender something that must give way to the divine within us - that something is in how to provide dignity, through the spirit of generosity and compassion.

We hosted the LA Race Praxis folks on December 15th in the Arts District at Cafe Zinc and it was a time to check-in, to talk story, to remember those who we have lost and new people who have arrived.

Migration and refugees are a part of the analysis for every society on the face of the planet.  How we will manage and think about this part of reality on an individual, community, and societal level foretells our future.

Photographer Leslie Neale accompanied us to the sanctuary and co-created these images to share.

Gratitude conversation with Omar Brownson and Belinda Liu. Omar and Belinda are pursuing ways to share experiences through a podcast. Our conversation is captured here.

The Migration Support Network has been a steady place of intention for compassion and love to be shared across the so-called border. 

The Sanctuary in Tijuana is now hosting 1,500 refugees, including 620 children.

Across all of the tragedy and distrust, there are sources of inspiration that keep the energy of hope and faith and humanity pushing through the myriad ways that tempt a person to be discouraged.  

The people are referred to as "migrants" and the phenomenon is "migration." Where can people go when the political, social, economic, and environmental conditions begin to crumble?

The Migrant Support Project began as a piece of work to sustain a small church in a very poor valley known as Scorpion Canyon. And it has become the temporary home of 200-300 refugees seeking respite from terrorism, drought, starvation from places like Haiti, Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico.