Talky Bit – I said to someone recently that when I started out in “ministry” work three decades or so ago, the tide of fear felt about halfway up my shins. Now it feels like it’s around my ears, and rising. Today I heard a young adolescent give a presentation on the imminent threat of World War III that she feels is percolating up through the “governance by tweet” practices of both North Korea and the U.S.A. Yikes! So I think it might be time to do some exploring around the relationship between our hopes and fears. We’ll get that underway this Sunday.