1. Resilience – from an Individual’s Perspective
Bob Whorton: Chaplain, Sir Michael Sobell House, Oxford

2. Resilience

3. Living with uncertainty
Resilience
Engaging with our vulnerability
Faith in a God who is for us

4. He brought me out into a spacious place. Psalm 18.19

7. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I
Psalm 61.2b

9. Sparrow
‘Fear not; you are worth more than any number of sparrows’ Matthew 10 v 31
You are my sparrow. Yes, there are lots more
But you are mine. I have been watching you,
Know you are afraid.
Come and let me hold you, smooth your wings
Feel your racing heart
I have made a hollow of my palm. Settle in and rest.
My other hand will cover you, fingers parted so you can look out
Until you feel so safe you fall asleep.
Then I will keep you,
Wait until I feel you stir and stretch,
Open out my hands, watch you fly.
Averil Stedeford

14. ‘what if I should discover that the least amongst them all, the poorest of all the beggars, the most impudent of the offenders, the very enemy himself – that these are within me, and that I myself stand in need of the alms of my own kindness – that I myself am the enemy who must be loved – what then?’
(From: ‘Dr C G Jung, Modern Man in Search of a Soul’)

15. Unless a grain of wheat…

16. B=Bob
G=Ground
B Hallo
G Hallo my friend
B Thank you for calling me friend. I need to
hear that.
G Let yourself fall to me. Fall very gently, like
a feather. But fall nonetheless. Then let me
take your weight.
B That’s good.
G Let yourself spread out. Reach out your
arms. You are safe.
B Don't drop me!
G I won't. I've got you.
B I could rest here for a while
G Do you feel all the arms under you?
B Arms?
G The arms of all those who have ever loved
you and listened carefully, so carefully to
you …
B Oh! Yes, I think I can feel them. The
attention they gave me … the space to
explore and just to be … thank you!

19. We can be there for one another