“Our Work and Play Remains the Same”

Between the time of writing this and speaking at the congregation, all of us will have been doing everything we can with the skills, abilities, resources, influence, and privilege we have to affect the direction of a critical election. While we all are working and wishing for the kind of positive outcome that we want, we do not know how it’s going to turn out. However it turns out, our work remains the same. 

As Rainer Maria Rilke said, and as I believe, we are here to learn how to love. This world needs our love, we need our love, the people around us need our love and caring concern. Regardless of how the election turns out, many people are now more vulnerable to a kind of virulent hatred that some of us thought had died out. Those of us with privilege need to be prepared to support and stand with the vulnerable members of our communities. We need to continue to play and create joy, and share that joy with a hurting world. As existentialists, this is our time.

Facilitator: Sara Drew
Musician: Scott Hooker and Janna Nelson