As we continue to live through difficult times, we are also continuing our Resources for Resilience project this Sunday featuring music! Reslience can and often does come from within – and we need not try to be resilient alone. Resilience also can and often does come from others, whether it be friends, inspirational writings, sacred … Continue reading Resources for Resilience: Music
As part of our Resources for Resilience project we are exploring some really specific ways that we find resilience – through inspirational readings, music, and personal stories. This Sunday, we look the bigger picture: what does resilience look like as a spiritual practice? How do we find resilience in ourselves, and in each other? Join … Continue reading Practicing Resilience
As a result of videotaping and sports instant replays, we know that eyewitnesses report only their experience of an event, an experience often quite different from others who were there as well. What we see and hear, and how we frame it are shaped by all we bring to the encounter. In these times of … Continue reading Sometimes They Aren’t the Enemy
In the face of political, economic and environmental crises, speaking of hope can feel futile and even naive. Still, in the darkest hours of our human history, thinkers like Viktor Frankl have reminded us that our resilience is founded upon our hope. The ideal that they espouse, however, is not mere wishful thinking, but instead … Continue reading Hope as a Form of Resilience
