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Reflection on the Pandemic

One year ago, on March 13, 2020, the first case of Coronavirus was reported.  Our governor announced that all schools would immediately close for three weeks.  On March 16, businesses began closing and sending their employees home to work.  On March 18, statewide orders prevented gatherings of more than 25 people, closed beaches, and postponedContinueContinue reading “Reflection on the Pandemic”

How Shall We Rise?

This month marks the one-year anniversary of Covid-19 being declared a worldwide pandemic.  I don’t believe this is the type of anniversary where we will fetch balloons and champagne, but anniversaries, like birthdays, invite us to reflect on where we were a year ago and where we are now, along with who we were aContinueContinue reading “How Shall We Rise?”

Ash Wednesday During a Pandemic

And we are put on earth a little spaceThat we might learn to bear the beams of love. William Blake    No matter where we have lived this past year, we all have one experience in common:  the pandemic. We all know how it feels to have our personal freedom and choices and pleasures denied asContinueContinue reading “Ash Wednesday During a Pandemic”

When the Light Goes Out

For the first time in my life, I have a “Winter Tree” in my home.  After removing the Christmas ornaments, I felt a deep yearning for light and more light and was resistant to taking down the tree.  A friend of mine suggested that I replace the ornaments with snowflakes to make the tree seasonal,ContinueContinue reading “When the Light Goes Out”

Keeping Hope in Hopeless Times

A neighbor in an adjoining subdivision to ours is Jewish.  At least that is my supposition since the family keeps an 8’ metal menorah cemented to the ground in their front yard year-round.  We pass this house when we head to town, and I’ve come to call it “The Menorah House.”  I am moved byContinueContinue reading “Keeping Hope in Hopeless Times”