When God created human beings,” wrote the Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel, “we were given a secret, and that secret was not how to begin — for that prerogative is God’s alone — but how to begin again.” The spiritual practice of perseverance involves starting over and over again in the face of adversity, opposition, and defeat. How do we summon up the courage and creativity to start anew in the middle of life’s journey?

Topics: Faith, Hope, Perseverance, Re-committment