“Joy is a discipline I believe to be I practiced, not just something to be felt,” says Helen Stanton in her talk on joy in a time of crisis. Drawing on Christian virtue ethics and the apophatic tradition, she encourages the practice of joy and hope in a world that feels on a desperate and destructive trajectory. God’s work in us can create a place of joy and freedom, even while our eyes are open to the sin and suffering of the world.
Helen Stanton has worked in theological education, and the training of clergy, for most of her working life. Currently she is Warden of Holland House, an ecumenical retreat house in Worcestershire.
Joy in Enough 