2025-08-10 ● Dale Skaggs ● The Road Ahead

Too often lately many of us find ourselves feeling homeless in a nation and world we hardly recognize, groping for a way forward in the midst of unprecedented events. We want a map that shows us the road to get back ‘home’ to a place that feels, if not safe, at least familiar. In her book, The Journey Is Home, theologian and educator Nelle Morton wrote that “There is no road ahead. We make the road as we go.” In this service we’ll ask if current events really are unprecedented and explore the massive leap of faith required to set off on a journey knowing only that we must build the road as we walk it. We’ll look for wisdom from many sources: Wendell Berry, Rainer Maria Rilke, Aurora Levins Morales, and more. And we’ll explore some ideas about how to prepare for the uncertain journey ahead.