Successful people often say they had to learn to fail well. Intellectually, we might realize that failure is a part of learning new things. And yet, we often avoid addressing issues in our lives or in the world around us because some part of us is afraid of failure. Maybe we even busy ourselves with all kinds of other things so we can’t possibly create space for learning new ways of being. How can our community empower us to fail better? And how can failure become a spiritual practice?

Sometimes we think of being courageous as taking a stand. And sometimes the way we choose to “take a stand” might look like digging in our heels. We might create … Continue reading The Courage to be Vulnerable