Beloved friends of LaSalle - This is the season where we look back and give thanks, as well as look forward to our plans for the 2025 Budget season….

Beloved,  This fall as we prepare for Thanksgiving and as we sit with the results of the election, many of us are in a season of both/and. It's a time of both grieving and fighting for hope. Both catching our breath and knowing there's still much work up ahead.

This week is a heavy one for many of us. It marks just 6 days until the election and our national public discourse is already full of traumatizing, triggering, harmful speech and actions. There are jokes and policy promises and leaders and news stories that surround us with reminders of what is at stake in this election. There are also some places we can find joy and delight, some celebration and some healthy regular life going on to be sure - but by and large, this coming week feels like it's going to be laborious.