Tuesday Reflection: Resurrecting Wooden Hearts

This is a continuation of the Tuesday Reflection series, “The Problem With Pain.” Enjoy.

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The preacher took to the podium, clothed in Easter white. It wasresurrection season, she said, then paused, wearing a smile that quivered at the edges. After the kind of cleansing breath you might find in a yoga class, she shared this truth:resurrections happen only from graveyards.

The last year was a hell of a year, she said, and this was not to curse so much as it was to tell the truth. It was the y...