There is a Shinto community in Japan that burns down its temple every 20 years. But the process of rebuilding begins years before the fire. The choosing of trees for wood, the training of apprentices in building techniques, the preparing a foundation for the new shrine. This community is always preparing for the end of this particular shrine and the building of the new one. In this way, the community has practiced resilience in the face of major change for more than 1,300 years. This is how members of a community live through major change well.
--Rose Marie Berger
Image source 1: Christ Driving the Money-Changers from the Temple (ca. 1550-1575) , https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kaubitsejate_templist_v%C3%A4ljaajamine.jpg. For a discussion of this painting, see https://aleteia.org/2018/03/14/jesus-temple-tantrum-what-in-the-world-is-going-on-in-christ-cleansing-the-temple/
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