The Jesus Part

The Jesus Part 🇬🇧

I came to the UK to learn.

To sit in rooms at the London School of Economics studying Private Action for Public Good. To head to the Skoll world forum in Oxford and gather with people thinking deeply about systems change, collective action, and resilience.

I’ve loved all of it.

I love being around like-minded women and differently minded women. I love traveling to new places. I love walking city streets until I hit 12 miles and my back and hips kindly remind me I turned 47. I love the meals, the conversation, and yes… the joy of pre-ordering dinner so we don’t wait two hours.

But on Sunday morning, what was calling to me most was the sacrament at the Hyde Park Ward.

That was the other half.

The yin and yang of trying to do good in the world: learning, giving, building, helping… and then stopping.

Resting.

Remembering.

Being filled by Jesus Christ.

For me, doing good without Jesus eventually becomes exhausting. Even”important” work can start to feel hollow when it is disconnected from the source of peace, meaning, and grace.

Jesus is where it all comes back into order for me.

He is the center that makes the striving make sense. He is the quiet beneath the noise. He is the reason a walk through Kensington Gardens, with blossoms opening and sunlight breaking through, feels complete.

I believe in building, serving, learning, and giving everything we can.

But for me, none of it fully works without the Jesus part.