The saying la vida es la lucha suggests that struggle is fundamental to our humanness. How can our participation in efforts for human dignity - on any scale - contribute to deepening a life of faith? This sermon will explore this question, and suggest that our own experiences of struggle can enrich the spiritual community we build together. Susan Conrad, who served our congregation as Faith in Action Intern two years ago, is a student at Harvard Divinity School. Music Michael Lamb, vocalist