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TODAY, THERE DOESN’T seem to be what one might call a “useful purpose” for social media. Everyone seems to just know that it, somehow, corrupts children, brings doubt to reality and demands we question our own sense of truth without any assurances, in exchange, that we might be able to find a way to live together as a society.
HERE WE ARE, deep in Holy Week and it is Good Friday today for those of us who walk the Christian path, our second most somber day in the church year. At least emotionally, we still have a long way to go til Easter Sunday. All of Lent has been in preparation for this day and this week. We will reach our own resurrection, but first, we are called to walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death.
It’s that time of the year: to make resolutions. And it’s also that time of the year: to sum up last year and get the new year off right. The standard image is that of an old man; his replacement is hot on his heels, the bright cheery fresh as a penny baby bouncing with hope and joy. Got news for you, kiddo: when you see that old man, you’re getting a picture of your own fate.