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Eyes Without a Face
Early in the pandemic, whenever I wore my mask at the grocery store, the words to a Billy Idol tune immediately came to mind. Bagging my asparagus, I couldn’t help but hum “Eyes Without a Face.” Over the last few months, I have thought of that song at every store I have been to. (Admittedly, I sing rather than hum, which is beside the point.) Although I love 80s music, specifically that song, something else sparked the lyrics. When mask restrictions are in place, we may be invited to a more profound way of seeing one another. Like most things, we may be offered a more truthful way of seeing…
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A Plea for Truth
As our National Independence Day has come and gone, the state of our country continues to experience turbulent times. Problems that have been thrown onto us (Corona-19) and problems we have thrown onto ourselves (racism and its after-effects). It is also an election year that can bring the noise to a deafening pitch. It can be hard to decipher what is true through 24/7 news headlines and the blurbs and opinions from our social media feeds from all sides claiming to speak the truth. This reflection is not a political plea or to give another opinion to the millions already out there; instead, this is more of a plea to…
