Beloved, we once again find ourselves in the profound season of Lent. It is a formative time of praying, fasting, examination and preparation for faithful discipleship. And, for many this year, a time that is carrying more weight and burden than they’ve felt since the pandemic. Almost daily, I hear from those lamenting our present milieu. I hear the frustration of those who thought the dark days of rampant injustice and capricious governance were behind us. Communities who believed that hard-won rights were secure and while their lives weren’t perfect, they were not riddled with dread.