Leaning into Lent

Image by Jan Richardson https://www.janrichardson.com/ Psychologist Jonathan Adler speaks about the importance of the way we tell our stories and its impact on wellbeing. He defines two directions of story: contamination and redemption. The same story- for example a car accident- could be remembered and integrated in different ways. You may think- oh, that accident was the worstContinue reading “Leaning into Lent”

Finding Our Light Bearers

We have arrived at the end of 2020 as a people waiting for light. Light bearers come when things are at their lowest ebb: they are nurses who hold goodbye ipads for families bidding farewell to their loved ones.  Light bearers arrive as an eddy of hope: they are the first responders who hurry towardContinue reading “Finding Our Light Bearers”

Seeing our Way in the Dark

Artwork by Cassandra Monson We begin lighting Advent candles this week, and the first candle represents hope.  Not sure about you, but I have been borrowing hope from people from the past – ancestors, prophets, and rebels.  And borrowing and lending hope back and forth with my faithful coworkers at the hospital where I workContinue reading “Seeing our Way in the Dark”