Greetings from the makeshift Sermons That Work podcasting studio! You’re getting this inaugural message for the Sermons That Work podcast a bit earlier than we anticipated – but it is worth it for us to share an extraordinary piece of written pastoral care from one of our regular writers, the Rev. Whitney Rice of Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Webster Groves, Diocese of Missouri. We hope the beauty of the prose, the acknowledgement of our present difficulties, and most importantly, the sure and certain hope of the Resurrection will be as helpful and hopeful for you as it has been for us.