Today’s texts, following the Psalm, arise from contexts of raw living that have their parallels today, the survival of a people when their country is occupied – and adjusting to the task of maintaining community when sickness and prison chains bind us.

It happened before
God restored life to fullness
‘Twill happen again.
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History repeats
When right is on your side and
I am in your midst
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A prison letter
offers strength against all odds
via Paul and envoy.
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