When we tell Esther’s story, we yell and scream and blot out evil names with noise. But perhaps there is a different version of our heroine’s world – that of Hadassah – where parents and children are allowed to stay together because that is what lets myrtle roots grow deep and long and free.

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Cuando Bad Bunny dice que “estamos escuchando música de Puerto Rico, de los barrios y de los caseríos,” está — al estilo de Jesús — ubicando a las personas marginadas en el centro desde donde destaca su dignidad humana.

When Bad Bunny says we’re listening to music from Puerto Rico, from the barrios and the housing projects, he’s bringing people from the margins to the forefront.

In moments of worship and communion, I can’t help but see people — friends and strangers alike — through the lens of dignity: as human beings with inherent, even divine, worth. It may not change everything, but it changes me. And that’s a good start.