Resistance is not always loud or public. It often lives in small, intentional choices. Speaking up. Holding boundaries. Resting without guilt. In this sermon, Dr. Davi Kallman invites us to reflect on resistance as a spiritual practice rooted in dignity, love, and collective care.

As a Jewish woman and the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor who endured both Buchenwald and Auschwitz, Davi carries a legacy of unimaginable pain and powerful resilience. Her grandmother’s survival was an act of resistance. Choosing to live, to rebuild, and to raise a family was a form of defiance in the face of dehumanization.

Davi weaves this history together with her own lived experience as a queer, neurodivergent woman of color. Through storytelling and reflection, she explores how resistance shows up in everyday life. It is found in how we protect each other, how we challenge injustice, and how we choose joy in a world that often denies it. Even when hope feels distant, small acts of resistance can light the way forward.

This message is an invitation to reclaim our power, to live with integrity, and to practice resistance as both a personal and communal path to healing.