Counterweights

Holding on to Hope in a Heavy World

CONTACT: Rev. Dr. Chris Shorow, Senior Minister cshorow@fccedmond.org 405.341.3544

Some days, life feels especially heavy. We carry worries about people we love, disappointments we didn’t see coming, and the ordinary demands of being human. Then there’s the weight of a political climate that pulls neighbors and families apart, and a steady stream of news that breaks our hearts.

Still, goodness keeps showing up: laughter around a table, a neighbor’s unexpected kindness, a sacred moment that reminds us life is also beautiful.

Counterweights: Holding on to Hope in a Heavy World is a worship series inspired by Shannan Martin’s book Counterweights: An Essential Practice for Holding Hope in a Heavy World.

Counterweights is an invitation to hold the whole truth of our lives—the beautiful and the heartbreWaking—and to faithfully cultivate what keeps us upright, sustains our hope, and helps us lighten the load for others.

What’s weighing on you right now? We know life is heavy. So let’s find ways to carry it together.