January 2025. Friends, it’s been a terrifying, grief-filled time here in the Los Angeles area these last 11 days. Many people have lost everything they owned in these devastating fires. Emergency overload and catastrophe fatigue are weighing on souls. For the people who were directly affected, the initial horror of the fires has morphed into urgent challenges: where to take refuge, and how to carry on with life’s responsibilities with no practical basics of living in place. M