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Our prayers are full these days, aren’t they? Schools reopening. Schools closing. Working from home. Furloughs. Job loss. COVID. Hospitalizations. Isolation. Rebuilding. The election. Hunger. George Floyd. And then today: Jacob Blake. Whether we mumble or wail or sit in silence, I trust that God leans in to receive our questions, our fears, our weariness, and our righteous anger. God also holds our hopes and
our dreams, particularly when we are tempted to leave them behind because of the heavy loads that we are carrying.

COVID has physically separated us these past months—forcing us to move worship and education online, and prompting us to return to that ancient tool known as the telephone to maintain relationships. We acknowledge that these are imperfect substitutes for those face-to-face interactions in the Sanctuary, the Sky Room, and even in the church stairwells. But in this time when we seek to honor our neighbors’ health and wellbeing, we are called to be creative, flexible, adaptable, and forgiving as a faith community.

Now, perhaps more than ever, we trust in the God who leans in close—understanding our sighs even before we’ve uttered them. Now, perhaps more than ever, we trust in the communion of saints—that motley collection of people connected across time and space that offers both solace and strength. Now, perhaps more than ever, we trust in the love that we share, one for another. May God, community, and love enfold you this day and in all the days to come.

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