Merry Christmas is yours. Christ is come. God is incarnate. You cannot be forsaken by Him. Or, you can watch for your $600 of governmental relief in the mailbox and pledge to treasure it when it arrives.

If I look askance at September 2020, the basement of my soul floods with anxious thoughts, anger at the duplicity, and indignancy at our arrogance. What are we thinking?

Be shrewd like a serpent: prudent, wise, measured, careful… and if you must, be treacherous.