Lexington Herald-Leader: Saying yes in a pandemic: Yes, it’s in God’s hands. Yes, we can take precautions.
Berry Craig
By PAUL PRATHER
Last week, I wrote that spiritual growth often results not so much from working harder or trying to behave more piously, but from surrendering to a cosmos that’s undeniably beyond our control.
“To receive, we must let go. And let go. And let go some more,” I said. “We surrender our good works. We surrender our ambitions. We surrender our fears. We surrender our desire to be praised by others. We surrender our successes and failures alike. We surrender pretty much everything.”
That prompted a response from a longtime reader who occasionally chastises me for oversights or theological or political errors.