Sunday Playlist 9/12/2021

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzrVlXh4mc1NMANvzcUHGCqhZp6HGXL_J

Today I attended the memorial service of a colleague. Alongside the loving, thoughtful memories shared by each of her adult children, there was the Christian liturgy and the Kaddish. I was reminded that our traditions bind us together and offer a foundation for our individual experiences. Those traditions must be dynamic--they need the capacity to shift and welcome everyone. That is one message of the Rich poem in this playlist, a poem that I also had the privilege of discussing with a remarkable group of students this week. In a time of such widespread suffering, these moments of grace must be marked and held close.