Professor Michael Chan recently wrote “Return to Normalcy and Other Fleshpots” for the Church Anew blog. Reflecting on our current environment and our desire to return to “normalcy,” he reminds us of how the Israelites yearned to return to Egypt during their years of wandering through the desert. He asks: “Are we willing to exchange the moral clarity of this moment for a distorted memory of the past?”
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