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<strong>A church near us has this message board up</strong> and <strong>usually it has been a sweet thing</strong> to glance at as we walk past--- names of people who are being prayed for, etc. <strong>These past few weeks people are scribbling over each other's messages</strong> and <strong>erasing each other's words, all about politics. I hate looking at it -- it's like an embodiment of our current situation, </strong>some people (only a few around here) yelling about how great Republicans are and others reacting with justified fury. I wish the church would just take away the chalk because there's nothing sweet about it now. During this pandemic <strong>we are all in a state of fury and terror all the time and our opportunities to connect are few and limited,</strong> and <strong>even a church chalkboard turns into polarized social media war.</strong>