Building Resilience

ALICE UPDIKE SCANNELL, PhD, was a gerontologist, researcher, and educator. Dr. Scannell’s research focused on how adults adapt to adverse life events such as chronic illness, disability, and loss. She was a Senior Research Associate at the Institute on Aging, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. STEPHANIE SPELLERS serves as Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s Canon for Evangelism and Reconciliation. The author of The Church Cracked Open, and The Episcopal Way (with Eric Law), she has directed mission and evangelism work at General Theological Seminary and in the Diocese of Long Island. A native of Kentucky and a graduate of both Episcopal Divinity School and Harvard Divinity School, she lives in Harlem, New York.

“In a time of chaos and uncertainty on so many levels, this book is exactly what we need. Building Resilience gives insightful and practical steps to grow in the midst of challenge. It is an integrated approach for the journey and discovers joy and hope along the way.”—Sr. Simone Campbell, SSS, leader of NETWORK Lobby and Nuns on the Bus, author of Hunger for Hope