Author, professor, and fellow Episcopalian Brené Brown explains well that belonging is not about fitting in, saying the right things, believing the “right” things, wearing the right clothes to fit in. This has nothing to do with true belonging. Belonging is showing up as the child of God we are with all our quirks and brilliance, our idiosyncrasies and nuance, so that we get the opportunity to be loved for our essence not our pretence. We get the chance to know we are loved for who we are and who God created us to be rather than who society, anyone else or even our own mind tells us we “should be.”