Community Practices - Presence

“Presence” is one of HopeGateWay’s community practices. We practice that “in order to be present to God,the world and ourselves.” In a conversation led by Ophelia Hu Kinney, Erica Lovejoy and Jeff Huot share their personal stories and reflections. They suggest that if we’re not present to ourselves it’s very hard to be present to others. We shouldn’t try to “fix things,” but instead, “sometimes presence just says, I can’t do anything to solve this problem, but I’m here.”