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Simon From Cyrene

He is Risen! Happy Easter to you all! What a strange Easter this is. Julie and I celebrated communion alone with each other. No kids or grandkids around, no Easter baskets or chocolate bunnies for us. Definitely, no dressing up in our Easter finest or church service with raised voices of Alleluias. At least I […]

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COVID-19 FYI #8

NOBODY, ANYBODY, ANTIBODY: Well…that’s my feeble attempt at humor in this mind-numbing season of COVID-19 and also why the English language is such a mystery. (Say it out loud and you’ll see!) It is the reason I managed to flunk second grade in an unwillingness or inability to read. To this day, I can’t spell […]

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IT’S WORKING—KEEP IT UP!

Be encouraged today! Social distancing and isolation are working to slow down the march of this nasty COVID-19 disease. When you get a chance, revisit the website I shared with you last week: https://covid19.healthdata.org/projections When you look through death rates, they have cut the projections in half. BUT…the numbers are still staggering, and we MUST […]

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THE GREAT SADNESS

I’m feeling reflective and vulnerable this morning, as the snow slowly sifts down and two doves softly coo outside my window. I’m ending my posts for the week with some thoughts on the emotional and spiritual toll of this pandemic. As we go into the weekend, we take a collective deep breath because we know, […]

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TESTING-COVID-19 FYI #5

TESTING AND WHY IT’S IMPORTANT: I woke up this morning, thinking, what the heck!! Stupid, stupid virus! (Well, the thought was much more colorful in my mind.) But I want to discuss today the issue of testing and why it’s so important. Please do not reply with any political statements as there is plenty of […]

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