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Dear Outlook readers,

Today, I pray that you are able to see the Spirit at work all around you — in community, in creation, in the work of the church. Know that God goes with you into all of the unknowns of this time and Christ's grace covers you.

In Christ,

Rose Schrott Taylor
Outlook interim associate editor

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Editors' picks

We Pray for Peace — a hymn by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette

A Psalm 27 prayer for the people of Ukraine by Teri Ott

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Purposeful retirement by Mark Hinds

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After farming all day, talented Black craftsmen spent their evenings constructing Hopewell Presbyterian Church’s stone edifice
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