1. What You Can Do to Close the Camps by ​Kella Hanna-Wayne
   1. From the article: "First Step is to Pick Your Next Step: There’s a lot of information here and indecision is stressful. Please don’t look at this long list and go, “Nope! Too much! Can’t do it.” Once you pick one specific action and commit to it, that feeling of overwhelm will lessen significantly. 
      Start with the first item on this list and ask yourself honestly if you can do it. If the answer is no, proceed to the next one. Don't spend energy on feeling guilty you can't do more. Keep reading and asking yourself until the answer is yes, and then do that thing. Your contribution is valuable. It is literally impossible for you to fix this on your own, which means each of us, as individual people, have to offer our piece collectively in order for change to happen. Don't let fear stop you from contributing." 
      
2. A List of Ways to Take Action on Immigrant Detention
3. 4 Severely Ill Migrant Toddlers Hospitalized After Lawyers Visit Border Patrol Facility
4. Attorneys: Texas border facility is neglecting migrant kids
   
   

You can watch the video below to hear Rev. Walker's direct words about church, discipleship, and overcoming fear.  

For those who do not know, communion is a time a worship service or home visit where we eat a small piece of bread, sometimes a wafer, and drink some wine or grape juice.  We do it because of this passage in 1 Corinthians.  Early Christians celebrated that ritual.  It means different things to different people at different times.  We, as Lutherans, believe that Jesus is present in, with, under, and around the bread and wine.  We believe that in the gathering community and speaking of the words and God's promises, Jesus' spirit comes alongside, and therefore alongside us.  This means everything to me and my ability to live well with physical suffering, chronic illness, and disability.  What happens in this meal is a little mystical, a little magical.  It is a moment, an event, that involves a Pastor (usually, but not always), God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, the gathered community, and the relationship between a person and their Savior.  It is full and complicated, and no words or one way of describing it will ever encompass all of what is means that Jesus said to do this, God attached promises to it, and it includes bread and wine.  I hope you find healing in what this ritual means to me, and discover what it can mean for you, too.  Feel free to ask any questions in the comments.  

Text is John 12:1-8, Mary anoints Jesus' feet.  Teaching and discussion on intent, impact, and the importance of bodies to Jesus.  Mentions of toxic charity.  Enjoy!