So, I returned to Facebook today. This is what I had to say.

Hello, is this thing on?

Seriously, I am returning to Facebook after a much-needed absence. You might want to know why I left for a while. I took a break over the current events of the day and, knowing that expressing them here isn’t always received in the spirit in which they are meant.

I see myself as a person of God who is deeply feeling and very imperfect. Friends, I don’t always get my faith 100% right, I make mistakes. But I do live by the command to love my neighbor as myself and welcoming the stranger, both of which are requirements. I also think that some people are just trying to make it in the world and are having the deck stacked against them.

What I have seen in the past couple of weeks was troubling my heart and soul. I am a LGBTQ ally and racism is vile. I am seeing a great deal of people having it rough these days.

With all that being said, I try to make sense of everything and I just couldn’t do that well and to share my heart and soul here. I do believe in universal notions of life, liberty, happiness for ALL. And in the places where we live, that is not afforded to everyone these days. There is too much fear, too much hate, too much harm being done.

If you wish to end your friendship with me, I wish you well. This is not me being dramatic, it’s me being real and authentic to who I am and who I desire to be as a human being who wants this world to not be so violent and to increase the love that God wants us to show.

Thank you for your time here. May God be with all of us in the times in which we live. May God be with those who are seeking fairness and mercy.