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This year due to COVID-19, sharing the peace every Sunday morning by text during the service has made it more meaningful for me and had a greater impact. Somehow it is more deliberate than just saying to whoever is around on Sunday morning when in church in person. There is a large group of people who are part of this for me. There is the group of Wise Women, one other friend from church and her family and then the Bookworms book club from church. I know I will connect remotely with all of these people on Sunday morning. If I can't “be” in church I still know that about 10:30 the messages will start to arrive. It is a constant in this changing year. Peace has also come as I listen to Christmas or Advent programs that organizations like Texas Lutheran and the National Lutheran Choir have provided online. That would not happen if I had to travel to these locations. Last night I heard “O Holy Night” and it brought to mind a member of Fellowship who used to sing it each Christmas and he had a wonderful voice. Today I received a Christmas card with that very song and its history. At one point it was banned in France because the lyricist was a socialist and the composer Jewish. It was introduced to the US by an abolitionist because of the line - “Chains shall he break for the slave is our brother.” It was sung to break the fighting on Christmas Eve during the Franco-Prussian War in 1871. It was also the first music played over the airwaves on the radio. Some of my peace is knowing I have like-minded friends to talk with each Monday and to share texts with during the week. This has been such a blessing this year. I thank God every day for you and for the technology that made this possible. All of this has helped to bring peace to me in this turbulent year. --Carolyn
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