On the Other Side of Stay-at-Home Orders

As I’ve contemplated what exactly has made these last 16 months difficult, one of the things that rises to the top is our loss of autonomy. As Canadians, most of us have never in our lifetimes had so little freedom to choose for ourselves. At times I’ve bristled against this reality, and at other times, I’ve felt the rules to be like protective fences within which I could move safely. In the days ahead, there will be gates cut into those fences and we will be given the freedom to live in community again, but we aren’t ‘returning to normal’ because our world has changed—we have changed. Read More