Rev. Dr. W. Benjamin Boswell |   Hebrews 12:1-4; 12-15 “As we express the grief that resides in our hearts over the losses that have changed our lives, honor those Saints who came before us, remember all our family and our friends we have loved and lost, and we lament the death that has come from this global pandemic and culture of devastation; the great cloud of witnesses and ancestors are singing over us ‘I feel like going on. Though trials come on every hand, I still feel like going on.'” “One way for us to love those that we have lost is to grieve, but the other way to love them is to keep on going, to keep on fighting against all the evil and injustice of our world, to keep on seeking the kingdom of God and building beloved community, to turn our wounds into a source of energy for the road ahead, to preserve, to renew our strength, as the prophet Isaiah said, to mount up with wings like eagles, so that we might run and not be weary, so that we might walk and not faint, so that we can press on towards the goal, for the prize of the high calling of God.”