Quarantine: Scarlet Fever, Leprosy, and COVID-19
I had a video conversation with an elder friend this week. As she entered her second month of sheltering in place, she looked back on time spent in quarantine as a child with scarlet fever. One memory that caught my attention was how the postal carrier was willing to...
Gentrification and Thanksgiving: Pondering a Slice of American Life
Recently we took a pre-Thanksgiving week of vacation in San Diego. On Saturday morning, we went to Barrio Logan, a Hispanic neighborhood we’d learned about online. While we’d read interesting things about the area, we didn’t see much happening, other than a really...
Celebrating and Supporting Young Souls
This past week we celebrated Halloween. The Christian church followed that with celebrations of All Saints and All Souls. It’s the time of year—at least in the northern hemisphere—when many plants are dying, or appearing to succumb to mortality, although in many...
Living as Loving Companions in Christian Community
With this post, I’m concluding my series on community. I’ve pondered priorities, society’s challenges, and sharing our gifts. In this post, I’m going to reflect on one process for living as loving companions in communities of all kinds, including Christian. Many of...
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