It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death.

Eleanor Roosevelt

To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.”

CS Lewis

 Love is tough and tender. It takes courage and vulnerability to love well. This week we’ll explore these two sides of love, how to cultivate them, and why the power is in the combination. Join us at 10 am MST time. You can join our Zoom group by signing up for our newsletter (here on our site). Or, you can watch the stream of our gathering here on our website this Sunday @ 10:00 am MST.