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| The Ceasefire Choir. |
Becomes the only lasting treasure
So that what you lose will be what you win
A well that echoes down too deep to measure.” – David Wilcox
We are starting a new rhythm.
We will be releasing photo dump updates the first week of every month!
Along with this dump, we’ll also link the past month of Tommy’s weekly Substack posts (available in both audio and written form), for those looking for more in-depth spiritual-political reflections in this season of escalating authoritarianism.
Here are his last four offerings:
Here's a little bit of what we've been up to for the first two months of the year...
Spirit was trying to get our attention, no doubt - so we tried to make more room to listen.
Here’s the link to an IG post, with a poem that came to Lindsay one such morning:
And indeed, 2026 has seen more of us rising up…
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| Renee Good (4/2/88 - 1/7/26) |
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| Our inaugural Christians for a Free Palestine retreat. |
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| Our dear friend Erinn has now run at least one mile for 140 straight days. It's called a "streak." We celebrated her on Day 100. |
Cheering on our fave teen basketball
star in suburban Farmington Hills!
reporting back from their recent trip to Palestine.
(pic: Shalom Community Church, Ann Arbor).
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| At the rally in downtown Detroit a couple days after Alex Pretti was murdered in Minneapolis. Check out the weather... |
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| The day after the rally, we flew to Southern California. A rather different climate. |
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| We shared a meal with our dear friends Lola and Jeannette in LA. Lola is pregnant!!!! |
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| Kardia Kaimene board member Chris Dollar led Tommy up to the top of Sitton Peak. |
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| With the Nephews at Knotts Berry Farm! |
Truth be told, Mason would skip all the coasters in favor of the chicken fingers ;)
One of the highlights (besides peeing our pants in sheer thrill & delight
on the big coasters w/ Riley)….
As all four of us rode a more chill coaster (Jaguar) to close the day at sunset,
Mason turned around, the most content smile on his sunlit face, and simply declared:
“This is what it’s all about.” 😊
Indeed, Little Man.
Many sweet, meaningful and fun adventures with these dudes filled us up!
It was soul medicine in the middle of this extreme Michigan winter.
Here’s some more medicine from our Feb stint in SoCal…
The Hole, San Clemente.
Manhattan Beach.
West Street, Laguna Beach.
Some of our favorite Mexican food!
(+ a Mike Lamont classic haunt)
Lindsay and her sister got to spend 48 hours together at the Roseman's desert home.
It was meaningful, connecting, fun and grounding time.
And the longest (perhaps ever! Lindsay realized),
these sisters have gotten to spend such extended time together, just the two of them.
It was a real gift.
Pictured (above & below) are some stunning photos Kristen took along the awe-inspiring 1.8 mile loop they hiked through Tahquitz Canyon, "one of the most beautiful and culturally sensitive areas of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation,” home to the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.
Back in the O.C.,
walking the horse trail with Penny!
but were too busy playing to remember to take pics!
Speaking of being too busy playing,
here was a big highlight of the trip for Lindsay
(while Tom drove the minivan x-country back home to Detroit):
Thanks to our generous long-time family friend and neighbor, Dave Lorenson,
Lindsay, her Mom, brother Greg, Sis-in-law Casey, and our littlest niblings Milo (6) and Haylen (4)
got to go to Disneyland. For FREE.
It was the first time being back in over 20 years (for Lindsay),
and first time ever for Milo and Hay.
Lindsay was so grateful to extend her trip
to get sweet, extended time with the Lamont family,
who were generous enough to let her crash this special portion of their vacay.
(while patiently riding Pirates of the Carribean,
after turning yet another corner,
only to see yet another skeleton):
“Get. Me. OUT OF HERE!!!!” 😨😅
Squealing in pure delight after all the big coasters and drops,
an ear-to-ear grin lighting up his whole face:
“I felt SO UNSAFE!!!” 😁😅😍
Watch out Orr cousins: we’ve got another rollercoaster junkie on our hands!
during an evening neighbrhood stroll.
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| We lost a dear friend and comrade to cancer this month. Joseph Baker (9/11/74 - 2/4/26)  A handful of our CFP community are crossing over for Ramadan, as the seasons of Lent and Ramadan happen to coincide this year. Some of us are fasting from food and/or drink, others from Amazon, and still others are adding daily practices which bring us closer to the Divine, and deeper into service and solidarity. Those of us (especially) who identify Christian, or who come from Christian lineages, see this Lent as a poignant Moment to fast from the Islamophobia and anti-Arab/anti-Palestinian racism that soak the western Christian traditions (both liberal and conservative) we all grew up in and around. |
And a couple honorable mentions from December to close out…
here in Detroit for a series of subversive public caroling actions
with CFP’s Advent Action campaign, in solidarity with
the national + global #BoycottChevron campaign.
who moved to NorCal in early December.
on the Huron in Ypsi,
when it was just 1 degree out.
#compostingtheabsurdwithsomeabsurdity
#compostingtheabsurdwithsomeabsurdity
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