Episode 230: Creating Your Future | A Conversation with Jody England Hansen
“I can take as long as I need on the edge of the chasm of the unknown,” writes Jody England Hansen. “I can experience the terror of moving into the future for however long I feel it. I can turn again to the past if I choose to deal with that pain. I can create my future, choosing to step forward on a path that I might not see until I am in the next moment, the next place I step.” In Episode 230, Jody joins Cynthia and Susan to discuss approaching whatever’s next in our life with active hope and love. She reminds us to “create reasons to create.” This is a conversation about mercy, grace, forgiveness, and our power to face the tragic gap and walk forward anyway.
Notes & Quotes:
ALSSI Ep. 124, The Holy Work of Activism | A Conversation with Jody England Hansen
Hope is Embracing My Ability to Create the Future, by Jody England Hansen, Exponent II blog, 5/26/2025
Making Space for Mormon Thought and Culture: The Enduring Influence of Eugene England, edited by Robert A. Rees and Brent Rushforth
Loss, Yearning, Transcendence, Nick Cave with Krista Tippet, On Being podcast, 11/22/2023
A Pope Story: How One Person Brought Down the Berlin Wall, by Jody England Hansen
Writings About Eugene England, The Eugene England Foundation
“I can take as long as I need on the edge of the chasm of the unknown. I can experience the terror of moving into the future for however long I feel it. I can turn again to the past if I choose to deal with that pain. I can create my future, choosing to step forward on a path that I might not see until I am in the next moment, the next place I step.” —Jody England Hansen
“Hopefulness is not a neutral position. It is adversarial.” —Nick Cave
“Living hopeful love is not denial, but rather deep acknowledgement of all things, of all existence, being present to it, and creating from it into the future.” —Jody England Hansen