08/27/2026
“We live in a world filled with fear and uncertainty, where places of home are hard to find. We get lost in stories told from a distance and believe the filtered social media images. We suffer the consequences of others' decisions on both personal and global scales, and we withdraw in order to find safety in that which is closest to us. In this type of world, we need places and people of welcome. We need to take love, security, and hope to the stretches of our cities and expanses of our lands. And who better than those of us who know the love, security, and hope of a home in God?” - Laura Baghdassarian Murray