3 profound New Year's resolutions you can make when you feel helpless in our chaotic times
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Many have told me they feel helpless. Maybe you feel that. I certainly have, and yet I am in the “hope" business! Is there anything you can do? The answer is a resounding “yes."
The Rev. Dr. Russell J. Levenson Jr. is the rector of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, in Houston, Texas, the largest Episcopal Church in the United States. He is the author of "Witness to Dignity: The Life and Faith of George H.W. and Barbara Bush" (Hachette, 2022) and the recently released "In God’s Grip: What Golf Can Teach Us About The Gospel," (Insight Press, 2023).
In the face of this – and so much more – what I am hearing and experiencing from the believers I serve in the church I pastor, but also believers in other Christian communities as well as other faith traditions – Jewish and Muslim – can be summed up in one word... "helpless."
Many have told me they feel helpless – anxiety, fear, worry. "What to do when you can’t do anything?" is what I am hearing. Maybe you feel that. I certainly have from time to time in the last year or so, and yet I am in the "hope" business! That said, so, well is there anything you can – really do? I think the answer is a resounding "yes." What to do?