How We Discover Hope – Oct. 9, 2020
“Hope cannot be wrestled to the ground, taken in by the power of our persuasion. In miniscule moments, brief encounters, little kindnesses given or withheld, we discover whether or not we have the capacity for Christ’s coming, whether or not we will have the courage to reach past old disappointments and welcome the new. I […]
Disappointment – Mar. 30, 2020
“The measure of our courage is the measure of our willingness to embrace disappointment, to turn towards it rather than away, the understanding that every real conversation of life involves having our hearts broken somewhere along the way and that there is no sincere path we can follow where we will not be fully and […]
It Takes Courage – Jan. 23, 2020
“It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who we are. We face surprises. And disappointments. The crucial fact is that we are different from anybody we know and admire… It takes all one’s courage to be the person one is, fulfilling one’s odd and unique possibilities.” –M. C. Richards, Opening Our […]
Deliver Us from Hesitation – Oct. 21, 2019
Daily quotations for this week are from Miriam Therese Winter – WomanWord: A Feminist Lectionary and Psalter (New York: Crossroad, 1997. ISBN: 9780824510541). Deliver us, O God, from any hesitation to take a stand for justice. May we never run from our responsibility to You. In You, O God, we find the strength to confront […]