Being a Non-Anxious Presence in an Anxious Time.

"We in the West are facing something unlike most any of us under 100 years of age have faced in our lives. A global pandemic in the midst of an economic upheaval. Many of us are living paycheck to paycheck and we’re concerned about ourselves, and our friends and loved ones. This is true for even the most privileged of people living in the most privileged of cities in the U.S. The coronavirus and the economic upheaval we’re experiencing are not respecters of persons. We’re all screwed here. And even as we socially distance, we’re all in this together. People we each know and love will die and/or go bankrupt. People we know and love won’t be able to pay their rent or mortgages. Theologically speaking, we’re all losing our collective and individual shit. Reckon that explains the unanticipated hoarding of toilet paper".