Aug 13, 2026 4 min read

Ask the Community!

Brain trust o'clock!

Ask the Community!
From the delightfully cheerful stylings of Lucia Pham. (Brightly illustrated image of starfish, fish, jellyfish and octopus arms in a colorful set of aqua-pink-yellow concentric circles)
Grateful, as always, for you and your support: Thank you. ❤️

I hope you're all doing well in the heat of the summertime, and perhaps getting your own moments with the fishies.

As we speak, I have the privilege to be on retreat with a number of brilliant faith leaders across traditions, working on the question of how best to expand support and engagement around trans rights and safety in our communities. (Can't say more than that now, but I'm allowed to share that much.)

As for us, well: It's time again: We all have the extraordinary privilege of being in a community with a ton of other insightful, thoughtful people who also engage deeply with hard questions about the stuff that matters–

whether ethics, justice, spirituality, religion, how best to try to love one another down here, and/or just the messy stuff of being a person.

(We'll come back to the mysticism series next week.)

Ask the Community posts are a special time for folks to connect in an unstructured way– to get the advice you'd been looking for and to just get to know one another. And to share your recommendations of books, movies, podcasts, other media, whatever else—as always, the floor is yours.

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