Aldo Leopold wrote “A peculiar virtue in wildlife ethics is that the hunter ordinarily has no gallery to applaud or disapprove of his conduct. Whatever his acts, they are dictated by his own conscience, rather than a mob of onlookers.” What does integrity mean when … read more.
We are not our biographies, accomplishments or injuries. Yet, all those things become part of us. In this way, resilience is part and parcel of integrity.
Resilience doesn’t ask to make lemonade out of lemons. It asks us not to stiffen and break when we encounter the hard. It asks us to stay engaged, It asks to learn to bounce. How?
At its core religion, at least in the Judeo-Christian tradition, has been about freedom. For Christians, freedom meant salvation. For Jews, it was emerging as a people from oppression. How does resilience factor in?
Join Rev. Keith & Rev. Eric for an exploration of the way that song keeps our eyes on the prize, that helps us hold on, even when times are tough, even in the face of forces that would keep us down.
Ysaye Barnwell wrote one of our treasured hymns “We Are” In it she describes humans as, among other things, our grandmother’s prayers, grandfather’s dreamings, and the wisdom of ages. Could it be that wisdom then, is the practice of remembering?
