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Risk and Resilience

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Three messengers from our history and traditions speak to us today and help form our religious orientation: William Ellery Channing, who held up “an exalted view of human love and possibility”; Theodore Parker who said there is “a moral arc of the universe” that we can bend toward justice; and Susan B. Anthony, who modeled […]

Resilient Inspiration

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Wisdom comes with experience. And we learn from therapists and spiritual directors that one of the best ways to become more resilient is to call upon those times when we were wonderfully responsive and resilient. One of the suggestions in this month’s Soul Matters packet is to “take some time to revisit and honor a time when your […]

Resiliently Generous

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That’s a good bumper sticker or mantra for right living. We experience life as generous as we are able to bounce back. We are resilient. This flexible strength is not just built on our own gumption but supported and affirmed and amplified in community; this community of faith. We are much more resilient together than we are alone. […]