Plush Boogie
Creation and Curation
Dec 1 • 
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August 2025

A Place
*with everything going on in DC, I made space for imagination
Aug 14 • 
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Undimmed
there is a newness
Aug 14 • 
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Hell No
For years, I have carried the tension of being Puerto Rican, specifically NuYoRican, in spaces that subtly and sometimes overtly demanded I set aside…
Aug 12 • 
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Solidarity
Shaking off empire
Aug 10 • 
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July 2025

What Did I Learn?
My spirituality of liberation has undergone a process of denaturalization.
Jul 25 • 
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Seeing
Luke 10:25–37 - Gospel text, Year C
Jul 13 • 
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June 2025

Rest
In a world that glorifies hustle, rest is a luxury for some and a pursuit for others.
Jun 26 • 
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Memory
Memory’s power lies not in its clarity, but in its persistence.
Jun 25 • 
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To See and Be Seen
Luke 10:25–37
Jun 24 • 
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A Prayer for Strength to Keep Going
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. (Galatians 6:9) God is our refuge and…
Jun 23 • 
Rich Rivera
The Risk of Reaching
There’s a war inside us.
Jun 3 • 
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