November Blues: Hoping against Despair
Three thoughts on how to live in a cruel world
“Whatever is before us, we must insist on joy wherever and whenever we can find it, must honor creaturely release and comfort and delights, for these are our human birthright of fuel for persisting, for orienting insistently towards what is life-giving, within every righteous struggle that is ours to face.”
— Krista Tippett
Friends and fellow pilgrims,
“What meaningful can I still do?” a client desperately asked me several weeks ago when the first images of terror unfolding in the Middle East flooded our screens and hearts. What meaningful can I still do when the world seems to barrel towards annihilation?
“We must insist on joy…” Krista Tippet wrote in her latest letter. And I am grateful for these words as they offer me a life line to hang on to. Also I had wondered for too long what there is to offer to our readers. Can I still invite you to ponder the season’s unfolding, shall we, must …
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