Musings by Rev. Jim Flagg - "Learning to Lean"

Coronavirus, stock market plunge, economic collapse, politicians being politicians in an election year, cancelation of all sports, rodeo shutdown, restaurants and gathering spots shuttered, instant unemployment, even our beloved homes of faith are primarily streaming online instead of worshipping in our preferred communal settings surrounded by friends, our brothers and sisters in faith. Just reading the above list can bring anxiety and raise your blood pressure. That little almond-shaped collection of neurons called the amygdala sending out hormones and impulses that makes your heart race, feelings of fear which trigger fight or flight impulses as a way to prepare for danger. Fear causes us human beings to do strange things. Just try to find a roll of toilet paper in the supermarkets. But as people of faith we are repeatedly given a different message: lean into your faith, not fear.

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