The Practice of Joy: Connecting to Our Sorrows 

“What if joy and pain are fundamentally tangled up with one another? Or even more to the point: what if joy is not only entangled with pain, suffering or sorrow, but it’s also what emerges from how we care for each other through those things? What if joy, instead of refuge or relief from heartbreak, is what effloresces from us as we help each other carry our heartbreaks? Which is to say, what if joy needs sorrow?” (Quote by Ross Gay.) This week, we will explore this concept with a skit from our youth member, Isabella Steele, as well as through reflection, music, and being together!