Diane Thomas

I give thanks to The Beloved for the life of my dear mentor and friend Diane Thomas who lured me into bold places. She was an activist and a pastor, modeling possibilities for the marriage of justice and religious faith. She was a white anti-racist activist, challenging those of us with white skin to admit and recover from our addiction to privilege. She laughed at herself and never blinked an eye before calling authority into account. She talked the language of spiritual surrender and showed up in friendship (a type of subtle surrender itself). May those of us who were lucky enough to know her cherish her in the ways that make us more human. Infuse our ritual remembrance of her with lessons of humility and hard-work. The world could use more just like her, but we know there will never be another. G-d I just loved this womyn. Thank you for her life.