Being Strong

“Being strong in covenant is not being certain of the destination toward which we are traveling or even the path that will take us there. Being strong in covenant is choosing to travel together despite all the uncertainties and maybe even because of them, unsure of where we are headed but knowing how much it matters that we are willing to move in directions we might not yet understand or predict.“-Mark Stringer

What are your experiences of being strong in your promise to travel together with someone?

Something Greater

“It is covenant that brings us out of isolation, out of selfish concerns, out of individualism, to join ourselves to something greater, to become a part of a community that is working to practice love, to dwell together in peace, to seek knowledge and wisdom together, to find better ways to live our lives and live in the world. This…is sacred, religious work.” -Susan Frederick-Gray

When and how have you chosen to join yourself to something greater than you?

Trying Again

“Choosing to enter into covenant with other people in a congregation, to make such a promise, begins with choosing to walk through the doors of a faith community again for the first time in a long time. It continues when we choose to try again after betrayal, when we choose to trust each other, though each of us knows the anguish of broken trust, when we choose to love each other instead of fear each other.” -Megan Lloyd Joiner

When have you chosen to try again after betrayal? How did you reestablish trust?

Peace that Moves

We have explored the theme of peace this month, understanding it to be complicated and shifting in our lives and in our world. Sometimes, the way to hold onto something that is moving is to move with it. We shift our perspectives, we move our understanding, we flow with the current of humanity.

How do you shift and move your being to stay in contact with the concept of peace?