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today is World Refugee Day.

“The refugee is not a number, he is a man, he is a woman, he is a child, a family, a people who are suffering. It is possible to see in the migrants of our time, as in those of every age, a living image of God’s people on their way to the eternal homeland.”

~Pope Francis

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#WorldRefugeeDay #PopeFrancis #LoveThyNeighbor #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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we cannot worship power & love our neighbor. we cannot worship power & also remain open-hearted & moved by compassion into service for the most vulnerable – the poor, hungry, sick, elderly, disabled, the orphaned, imprisoned, the foreigner, & those who have been cast out & pushed to the margins. 

love flips the table on hierarchy, on all of these constructed barriers, borders, & divisions. they are all passing.

love, however, is everlasting with no beginning & no end. where shall we plant our seeds? where shall we build our home? with power, already passing into decay? or with love? 

may we choose love.

~j

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#love #JamesTalarico #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

JUNETEENTH – Freedom Day – originated in Galveston, Texas, when Union Army General Gordon Granger proclaimed by order the freedom of enslaved people in Texas. this was 2 1/2 half years after President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863.

in 2026, we have a continued threatening movement of White Nationalism that has gained a seat at the table, implementing Project 2025 policy under Trump, w/ attacks on DEI & states making it difficult if not illegal to teach such history due to racism based in ignorance & fear, in an effort to control a fictitious narrative regarding US History. in the spirit of JUNETEENTH & the divine truth that a free life devoid of oppression & subjugation is an inherent right for all, we must continue to inform w/ the truth of our history (all parts – bad & good) through political engagement, education, & art.

of note – the US Congress w/ President Biden signing into law on June 17, 2021, made JUNETEENTH a Federal Holiday.

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today’s ceremony was a welcome salve in this timeline. reminders of decency & integrity, purpose & community can look like. a call forward to make it so. each of us in our own way, with our own abilities, meeting this moment & doing our part. the contrast of leaders & artists who welcome diversity in all its ways – knowing it makes us stronger – with devotion to building inclusive, accessible democracy for all, to what we have now is palpable.

today reminded me to have the audacity to hope.

~j

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#ObamaPresidentialCenter #democracy #hope #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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a good contemplation & practice for the conclusion of a day.

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#LetGo #love #HenriNouwen #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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“The highest practice is just to love everyone.”

~ Neem Karoli Baba

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#love #practice #NeemKaroliBaba #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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accompany. protect, & love.

not target, marginalize, oppress, disappear, erase, or harm through rhetoric & policy.

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#morality #solidarity #love #PopeLeoXIV #JinpaLhaga

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The real answer is to love everyone 

regardless of one’s theology and dogma. 

Once religion gets in the way of loving, 

we’ve lost our way.

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Amy Packard Checketts

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#AmyPackardChecketts #love #LoveAll #TheWay #JinpaLhaga

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imago Dei, is the foundational view held in Judaism & Christianity, that humans are made in the image of God with inherent sacredness, dignity, & value without exception. similarly, yet not the same, in Buddhism, there is the view that all sentient beings without exception have buddha-nature, an inherent, pure, unconditioned luminosity & potential to wake up. in either case, what would the world look like if we truly believed & recognized such inherent sacredness & dignity within others without exception? we don’t have to be Jewish, or Christian, or Buddhist, or any other tradition to practice such a view – a view that holds others with reverence, as inherently sacred, inherently dignified, inherently valuable without exception, for simply Being. with such a view, how could we justify placing one group of people above any another, or allowing people to be unhoused, hungry, unwelcomed, to withhold healthcare, to profit off of people’s incarceration, to disappear or abuse immigrants, to marginalize, harm or kill others, to bomb & destroy? what would happen if we extended such a view even wider to include all forms of life, nature & even the earth itself? with such a view, how would we approach stewardship of resources, consumption, living in balance & with reverence for the only place we’ve known as home? can we open our eyes & our hearts enough to see with clarity, with wisdom, & with love, imago Dei in everything around us?

may it be so & may it be now.

~j

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#imagoDei #sacred #love #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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“I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being.” ~ Hafiz

shine bright, my dear LGBTQ+ community. our very presence is a gift to a world learning & yearning (even if some have yet to realize it) to love more authentically & expansively, more fully & unconditionally. 

relatively speaking, i know this is a challenging time, when many leaders within our own government are targeting us through rhetoric & policy, when many armed with extremist religion claim supposed authority – simply, blind hubris & ego.

BE CLEAR – ultimately no one & no earthly powers, have the authority to deny who we are, our embodiment of the sacred, or our capacity to love. hold that truth in your heart as the birthright treasure it is & centered in love, continue to move in love. the world will one day catch up, & we are surrounded by allies, those who through word & action move with us in solidarity.

you are love & you are loved.

~j

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#pride #LGBTQ #enso #JinpaLhaga #JMWart