[In a world that seems increasingly chaotic and broken, many of us feel helpless and afraid. We may question what we can do to make a difference. To build collective courage, in this space we will share examples of how individual members of GEC are practicing the way of Jesus, in private action or in the public arena. How might you find inspiration and hope in the small steps others are taking?]

Many opportunities to put our faith into action will occur in 2026. As we face the uncertainty of what's ahead I take comfort in the words of community organizer Jessica Craven:

"When we do this work we are standing on the shoulders of giants. We are standing on the people who came before us who fought through times that legitimately felt much more hopeless than this. We are standing on the shoulders of every union member, every activist, every suffragette, every civil rights leader or just trudger. You know, everyone who participated in the Montgomery bus boycott, everybody who went down for the Freedom Summers, everybody who has ever fought for anything in this country, we are standing on their shoulders. And even when we feel like we don’t have strength, they are sending theirs to us. And remember that that is important for two reasons, not just because they are sending us their strength, but because we are becoming repositories in which to store that strength so that when our work is done we become the shoulders for the next generation to stand on. And someday they will be saying we stand on the shoulders of giants and they will be thinking of all of you as well as everyone who came before. Never forget that. Your shoulders will be the platform for someone else to carry on this fight someday. But only if we stay in the fight now."

Tags: Faith in action