ETHOS (Part 1) | Jake Haber

This week, we kick off a brand-new series: ETHOS: Sacred Values for a Struggling World.

 

As the world grows more complicated and divided, what holds us steady? What truly matters when beliefs falter, structures crumble, and old certainties fade?

 

We explore the vital difference between beliefs and values, why values matter more than ever, and how the future depends not just on what we claim to stand for—but how we embody it every day.

 

From personal reflection to collective responsibility, we invite you into a conversation about the kind of lives, communities, and world we are building together.

 

Get ready for encouragement, inspiration, challenge—and maybe even a few uncomfortable but transformative questions. It’s not always easy work, but it’s the real work of becoming who we are meant to be.

 

Jump in with us.

 

Quotes:

 

1. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   “What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.”

2. Epictetus:

   “Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.”

3. Maya Angelou:

   “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”

4. Peter Rollins:

   “We often adopt beliefs, not because they are true, but because they protect us from anxiety, doubt, and unknowing.”

5. Pope Francis:

   “It is not enough to have values, we must live them. Only in this way will we build a future that is truly human… Values are not abstract; they are lived in the concrete, in the choices we make every day.”

6. Marc Gafni:

   “Anti-value arises when trauma, shame, or shadow obscure the unique radiance of being. What we call evil is not the opposite of good, but the distortion of value.”

7. Pope Francis:

   “A society that loses its values begins to lose its soul. We must guard the values that promote dignity, justice, and peace.”