A Gracious Question & a Change of Mind
Restacking posts from Amy Hoppock and Joyce Vance
Today we have two editions of Peacelinks, one from outside the Substack universe (coming in a separate email), and this one from within.
Spiritual director Amy Hoppock, author of the Smaller & Deeper newsletter, gives her attention to the “extravagantly graceful” question of a library employee: “How can I take care of you today?” The question sets off a rumination that ends with a poem by Macrina Wiederkehr, ending with the resolution: “I will believe the truth about myself / no matter how beautiful it is.” Like other issues of Smaller & Deeper, this one features a combination of reflection and reading focused on the spread of kindness from both without and within:
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance is a popular newsletter, and the following post was restacked 34 times in two days, so you may have seen it. In case you missed it (and for my own ease of access later), “An encouraging study: Fox News viewers can change their minds” gives us a reason to communicate with our neighbors: