Love Is My Judge

What the statement means

Love Is My Judge is the defining statement and signature expression of the bvulnerable brand. 

It is a statement of standard and measure. 
Not fear. 
Not rejection.
Not the verdicts of others.
Love.

For some, the language will sound spiritual.
For others, it will sound philosophical.
For others still, it will sound personal.
For this brand, it is all three.

The conviction beneath the brand

Love Is My Judge begins with a simple conviction: people often do not live openly because they are afraid of being known, afraid of being judged, and afraid of what will happen if the truth of their lives is seen.

That fear keeps people hidden.
It keeps people divided.
It keeps people from telling the truth of who they are, what they have lived, and what they carry.

This matters deeply here because vulnerability is not only about honesty. It is also about making one's life known despite the fear of judgment. 

There is a deep conviction underneath this brand that people are meant to tell the truth of their lives, to speak what they have lived through, and to bring what is hidden out into the open. But many never do, not because their lives are empty of meaning, but because they fear the judgment of others. Sometimes that fear comes from the world. Sometimes it comes from family. Sometimes, most painfully, it comes from the very communities that claim to believe in love. 

What it resists

Love Is My Judge pushes against that fear and names a different way of living.

Fear is not the measure.
Rejection is not the measure.
The verdicts of others are not the measure.
Love is.

This does not mean love is sentimental.
It does not mean love excuses everything.
It means love is the highest standard by which a life should be measured. 

Love is the source.
Love is the measure. 
Love is the standard.

Love Is My Judge matters because it names a different way in which vulnerability is no longer governed by the fear of being known and judged, but by the conviction that love is the truest measure of a life.

For some, Love Is My Judge carries a deeper theological meaning: that God is love, and that God is the ultimate judge. 

But Love Is My Judge is written this way because the truth it points to is larger than any single faith tradition, denomination, or religious view. It is meant to be heard by those inside faith, outside faith, wounded by faith, or still searching for language that can hold truth, mercy, the complexity of being human, and the mystery of our existence. 

This is why Love Is My Judge stands at the center of the brand.

It is not only a defining statement.
It is not only a signature expression.
It is a declaration. 

To say Love Is My Judge

To say Love Is My Judge is to say:

I will let love, not the verdicts of others, determine my worth.
I will let love define who I am.
I will let love shape how I live.
I will let love be the standard and measure of my life.

And because I live this way,

I will let love shape how I relate to others.
I will let love make room for vulnerability.
I will let love meet the vulnerability of others with honesty, dignity, and respect.
I will let love meet them, as I hope to be met... with love.