I think we all hurt God in countless ways as we provoke divisions in our close relationships, spew caustic comments offered unthinkingly to a total stranger, be silent in the face of injustice.

When it comes to the hot and hostile topic of racism, how can I talk so another person will listen? Maybe more importantly, how can I listen so another person will talk?

Yet, in the midst of this very understandable need to mask ourselves, I’m here to affirm that 2020 is a time to UNMASK ourselves! Embrace the blessings and burdens that unmasking reveals!

Is the pandemic the reason you feel stuck? Or did your feeling stuck begin before we were asked to shelter-in-place?

This debate gets heated when our own sense of “essence” is challenged, even indirectly.

But recently, I’ve seen how the “butterfly effect” impacts us both spiritually and scientifically.