‘I give praise to your Holy Name, O Beloved, with gratitude and joy’ (Psalm 54:6)

Happy are you if you know how to hold your tongue and smile, even when people interrupt and contradict you or tread on your toes: the gospel has begun to seep into your heart and the olive branch is your monogram.

And when we emerge, once again,
Instead of going back to normal,
May we go ahead, remembering what we really missed,
and what we didn’t.

God of friends and strangers:
make the doors of our homes
wide enough
so all find a home.