Coffee and Conversation: Counterweights

Shannan Martin gives attention to the margins to give words for the ways we can authentically live. In Counterweights, she describes how to hold both hope and grief and offers practical ways to cultivate strength amid uncertainty.  She writes from lived experience responding to life’s heaviness, from taking note of unexpected grace, and from intentionally making space for the best parts of life. 

Gather with us to learn about her latest (but not first!) book. Shannan is—among many vivifying roles—a bestselling author. Her engaging work is about faithfully neighboring one another and steadfastly finding joy in difficult times. We welcome Shannan’s wisdom these days, when so many seek control and comfort at the expense of mutuality and the marginalized.

Let us counter the big heavy happenings with community. We’ll meet after the midterms. Put “us” on the calendar for lunchtime on the third Wednesday in November to talk about moving through this…