In approaching the theme this month of strength and renewal, it can be tempting to think that the path to renewal is straight forward – just practice that which renews. The Pulitzer prize winning playwright Ayad Akhtar brings up an inconvenient truth: often before than can be renewal, there must be rupture, a dramatic break with the life we’ve known and the people we were. How do we navigate this period of rupture in our lives personally and politically?

Come Sunday, and join me on the path to renewal.