Stop the presses! I felt that way this morning when I read the morning’s papers. “Please, no more bad news,” I said to myself. After breakfast, I went into my morning’s meditation with the question, “When will it all end?” But soon calm began to creep up from my toes, and I thought of the…

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Suzy commented yesterday that if God were going to intervene, now would be a good time. Her words reminded me that Lent is a season of prayer, and that I needed to up my prayer time. There must be a thousand ways to pray. Some of my favorites are “centering prayer,” opening the bible and…

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Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. — Matthew 6:34. I have had a few anxious nights lately, and I woke this morning anxious. Not about myself, I’m ensconced in my house. Suzy won’t even let me go to the…

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A thought for the weekend: I mean no disrespect to those who have loved ones who are suffering from the virus, or the millions of people who are fearing for their future because of the economic upheaval that’s occurring. But many of us believed before the virus occurred that at least in this country we…

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Suzy reminds me that during any natural disaster we at first are excited, but after a few days it becomes the new norm. In some ways sheltering in place is becoming the new normal. Traffic is non-existent, we take walks, friends check in, but we don’t get together with friends for drinks or dinner out.…

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