[Lawrence Dietz]

Reverend Jim, you have asked one of the most important questions of our age: how do we “show up” in someone else’s world? Your visit to Victoria’s mom, and the joy it brought to you both, is a reminder of the outpouring of happiness when vaccinations and other preventative measures during the great wave of Covid-19 finally allowed us to be with each other. We pretend that social media and Zoom calls are an adequate substitute for actually being *with* someone. The goodness, the Godliness, within us is infinite when we share it — live, in person — with others. Thanks, Jim, for your timely reminder.