Tag: isolation

  • Our own isolation— from COVID and one another

    Our own isolation— from COVID and one another

    This is a section I cut out of this week’s sermon comparing the two main responses to COVID with what Jesus does in healing the lepers.

  • We’re all in this together

    We’re all in this together

    In the profound moments and the tragic, we are made keenly aware of being in it with other people. But the same applies to every moment.

  • Trapped—the way torment blinds us to reality

    Trapped—the way torment blinds us to reality

    The trouble with being trapped is that it almost doesn’t matter if you are. Feeling trapped can blind us to ways out.

  • A Prison of Isolation

    A Prison of Isolation

    15. Nor is freedom from people anything but a prison of isolation. We sat in Joe’s arguing over greasy food in a debate over which is more important. Deep down, I knew Jen and I didn’t disagree. Not really. The argument wasn’t real. It was semantic. The heat generated from the friction of our altruism. The…