

Lent 2026 · Day 9: Beloved Community Is a Choice
I was going to write tonight about my time in the desert. Overland Park, Kansas, to be exact. But I’ll leave that for another day. Because I had a conversation today that made me think about something else entirely. What friendship is supposed to look like. What beloved community actually is. And more importantly, how we intentionally build it. Or destroy it. I heard someone on a podcast say you can tell how much a person loves themselves by the partner they choose. I felt pe

