"Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out."

Václav Havel (1936-2011), Czech statesman, author, poet

“Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year — it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.”

–John Lewis (1940-2020), American civil rights activist and statesman

Allie n Steve Mullen joins us for our Sunday morning gathering, We explore The Sacred Act of Being. Conversations, framed around live performances of songs from her musical "Dear Steve... It's Allie, center on artistry, humanity, advocacy, and the unanswerable question of becoming.

This week's message is from special guest speaker and champion of the artist's gospel, Waverly Matthews. To watch along and see visual images that are referenced throughout, check out the video of his message here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcEtwYUb8Uc

A special conversation with Leah Cousin, Emma Lietz, and Sean Kohler.

"Food is a universal human right. Feeding each other, cooking and eating together, is what makes us human. The dishes we cook and deliver are not just ingredients, or calories. A plate of food is a plate of hope. A message that someone, somewhere, cares for you."

–Jose Andres (b. 1969), Spanish and American chef, humanitarian

“Sufficiency isn’t two steps up from poverty or one step short of abundance. It isn’t a measure of barely enough or more than enough.

Sufficiency isn’t an amount at all. It is an experience, a context we generate, a declaration, a knowing that there is enough, and that we are enough.”

–Lynne Twist, global activist, author, fundraiser

"To be a creature is to be dependent — on the soil, on the water, on the sun, on the bodies of other creatures who lived and died so that we might live. Acknowledging this dependence is not weakness. It is the beginning of gratitude. And gratitude is the beginning of faith."

-Norman Wirzba, professor and theologian