What if most of what we worry about is not as real as it feels in the moment? Worry tends to take small uncertainties and stretch them into large and threatening stories that rarely match reality. Worry does not improve the future as much as it burdens the present. It pulls us into imagined outcomes—usually the worst ones—while making it harder to respond clearly to what is actually…

Engaging with the world through the lens of curiosity invites us beyond judgments and assumptions—patterns we are all guilty of and have all endured. How can we, in place of quick conclusions, be called toward intentional, compassionate response, rooted in humility? Guided as a faith community, we learn the dangers of partial truths and limited views. In this practice, we resist judgment that diminishes life, and…