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I read slower now.  And I read as swiftly as ever.

I was surprised several weeks into “lockdown” and working from (at?) home that I finish a book much slower now.  I love a good book - the only kind I read.  A book on my reading list is there because it promised to interest me when I learned of it.  And my list is important.  It is one of two bookmarks: the list of books I’ve finished in the current year (with the date noted) and the list of books to read.  I read from the top and add desired titles to the bottom, giving a forecast of my...

The theme of this Sunday’s service will be grief. 

A few years ago someone passed along the adage: “People aren’t afraid of change.  They’re afraid of loss.” I’m wary of blanket statements about “people,” but that one sounds more true than not.  We naturally protect what we love, which means we regularly push back against change out of fear of what or who we love being lost. 

Pandemic aside, modern living is essentially one change after another – culture, technology, habitat.  We’re adaptable creatures, but, Wow.  With change comes loss, and loss can produce...