How do we challenge one another? Or perhaps more importantly, how do we challenge one another without relying on structures of dominance and power-over that can so easily become controlling and toxic, especially when these challenges are tied to spiritual matters which are often about the core of who we are. 

When children and youth are able to thrive, so too does the whole community. Likewise, when the whole community is empowered to thrive, so too are the children and the youth. Our well-being is interwoven, deeply interconnected with the well-being of one another. And we are all called to nurture our collective well-being, in and through our commitments to the well-being of the children and youth among us.

Without this kind of story we’ve got no way of knowing where we are and who we’re in relationship with and how to be within those relationships. If you don’t know what larger story you’re in, you’re lost. But don’t worry, you won’t be lost for long. Because story will always find you. You can’t live without story, and story can’t live without you. It will find you.