Let’s make 2021 a year full of grace

Let our grace toward one another this year shine like a lovely sunrise on a new day. (Photo by Craig Stambaugh, used with permission.)

It’s a new year, and I couldn’t be happier. I imagine you are right there with me.

It’s all too easy to remember the bad of 2020. Canceled vacations. Remote learning. Lockdowns, unfamiliar yet necessary health recommendations. Ubiquitous death and illness. Record global high temperatures, wildfires, and hurricanes. Street weddings, street violence, racial prejudice, delayed funerals, and sports…