As common as change and transition are, many of us struggle to navigate them effectively. We often like new beginnings, though as the French poet Paul Vallery wrote, “Every beginning is a consequence. Every beginning ends something.” For a variety of reasons, we often don’t like endings. We find …
Affected Even If Not Afflicted: Loss and the Coronavirus from the Perspective of an Interim Pastor
Our new normal includes living with a constant stream of news about the Coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, we are also living with an understated reality of how we are all affected by Coronavirus, even if not directly afflicted by it. This understated reality is that we are experiencing loss, …