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By LaNicia Duke
Many of us can feel it. We know we are in the midst of a shift.
We bear the pain of the earth. We know it is not just one town. It is not just the state of Oregon. It is not confined to one country or one people. Something deeper is happening. The earth is trembling. Her spirit is grieved.
Anger often incites change. It also has the power to produce more anger. The angst boiling inside so many of us right now will eventually burst. What we become when it does is the question before us. Who we will be is a choice we must make at this moment.
We are at a breaking point. It is possible to be crushed under the pressure. It is also possible that what feels like crushing can produce something stronger, more sustainable, and more collective than what existed before.
Love is still a powerful healing agent. The question is: are we putting it to use?
Love cannot coexist with anger; there is no room for both. What if we chose, intentionally, to reflect love back into the world, especially now?
On Saturday, February 14, the day commonly set aside to celebrate love, community members are invited to gather for a Community Prayer Gathering at White Clover Grange in Nehalem at 10 am. This gathering is an open invitation to come together in love, hope, and healing.
We will take time to grieve collectively for our communities, for the state of humanity, and for what has been lost. Mourning is not a weakness. It is an honest response to change. And it is often the doorway to revival.
We are standing at the precipice of a new chapter in history. A shift is already taking place. What we co-create in this moment matters.
Choosing love does not mean ignoring pain. It means refusing to let anger be the architect of what comes next. When we turn our intention toward love, love becomes power.
All are welcome.
Community Prayer Gathering
Saturday, February 14 | 10:00 a.m.
White Clover Grange
36585 Highway 53, Nehalem
Attendees are invited to bring prayers, poems, songs, or other offerings of love, or simply their presence.