I had plans for that blue house. But circumstances changed, and it became clear that I also needed a change.

Even for a pro like me, though, this isolation is getting hard.

Interfaith Voices: Domestic Terror Attack and Faith Divides By Tracy Simmons and Ambreen Khan for Interfaith Voices Radio This week on Interfaith Voices Radio, we begin by discussing this week’s domestic terror attack on the United States Capitol with religion reporter Jack Jenkins. Then we look at an emerging trend …

“Hindsight’s 20-20,” said Hegelund. “I think a lot of churches, if they had known that they were planning to shut us down, basically permanently, we would have never gone along with it. It wasn’t really about helping out the hospitals. It was about something else.”

I don’t decorate for Christmas, I said. I don’t own any ugly Christmas sweaters. And I don’t bake holiday cookies. I sound like such a Scrooge.

On Nov. 7, when it was announced Joe Biden was President-elect, like most of my friends, I was elated. I was also troubled.