For followers of many religious traditions, how we conduct our lives is central to our faith, whether it’s following scriptural injunctions or emulating the way of Jesus. For those who embrace the process worldview, Lee McAuliffe Rambo writes, “conduct has even greater importance: We understand ourselves to embody God, contributing directly to the experience of other living creatures and to God Herself.”

Like other progressives, process people have demonstrated an eagerness to participate in large-scale movements for racial justice, feminism, and LGBTQ rights. Yet, in our routine, personal interactions, we often fail to represent the God we know as the eminently sensitive one, “the fellow-sufferer who understands.” While this undoubtedly hurts everyone, it is particularly damaging to a newly identified cohort: the 20 percent of Westerners known as “highly sensitive people (HSPs).” 

It also constitutes a tragic loss: HSPs often are naturally spiritual and empathetic. But, in an effort to protect themselves, they frequently shun religious organizations. 

In this Interweavings event from Process & Faith, Lee McAuliffe Rambo will describe highly sensitive people, their characteristics, and gifts, and she will recount her own experiences “toughing it out” in seminary, the church, and the workplace. An opportunity for positive and problem-centered discussion will follow the presentation.

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