photo credit: Cristian Escobar
Happy New Year, everybody!
This year TCL is leaning into growth. Not numeric growth, but the growth inherent to our mission. We hope to lift up and support the spiritual growth of anyone who has anything to do with us.
This is what we mainly focus on doing already; how will we emphasize it in a special way in 2023?
First, we have focused on caring for each other as an already-existing dialogue community the last few years, getting us through the pandemic and emergence from lockdown. Now we will move toward bringing in yet more fresh perspectives, working toward readiness for nuanced topics again, and connecting in person when possible.
We will embody these values in our own operations, as the way we run will lean into sensing where God leads and being faithful to that unfolding direction, day by day. This is challenging and exciting spiritual work! We will seek to prioritize people over business, purpose over outcome.
We will work to connect through and celebrate our stories of spiritual growth and connection across difference, and of what it means to offer a spiritual home for both the devoutly religious and those who hang their spiritual-home-hat primarily in TCL's explorative sphere. We will share our stories with others who might be inspired, encouraged or helped by them! This includes the book projects Carrie will continue to work on.
We all continue to emerge from our post-pandemic malaise and define new norms for ourselves and for our systems. For those who are not religious and find themselves emerging with new existential and spiritual questions, we seek to be a home for exploration and growth in a way that suits the needs of this moment in history.
Through all this and more, TCL begins 2023 with a commitment to open-hearted work which gives dignity and hope to the spiritual growth for anyone seeking it. Come as you are. <3