On Monday evening, I gathered with my fellow Morning Altars cohort. We all live in different places- Maryland, Texas, and Massachusetts. We debriefed about the election results and our current emotional states.
At the same time, we collectively created altars. We arranged, pieced together patterns, and created beauty that gave our hands and hearts something to do.
“We are debris arrangers. Equipped with what we have inherited, we try to make a life, make a living and make art. We are assemblers. We forge received parts into meaningful compositions. This state of affairs is our plight and our destiny, but it also offers the opportunity to find meaning as well as to find communion with others.”
First, rest.
Find your community.
Pick up and gather the pieces.
Arrange the debris.
Take your brokenness and make it into something meaningful.
Something beautiful.
Even if it is just for a moment in time.