One of my ministry gifts is being able to see things with fresh eyes. One of my favorite parts of motherhood is watching my girls learn things and experience them for the first time. Seeing through the eyes of a child is truly wonderful. I often use the technique of defamiliarization in sermons to let us get at old stories and reveal something new. " Defamiliarization i s the artistic technique of presenting to audiences common things in an unfamiliar or strange way in order to enhance perception of the familiar. " In central Kansas, we are in the calm before the storm. Pastors in NY and other overwhelmed places are writing out and saying that first come the online worship services and the questions about how to be community. But soon those concerns change to “How do I comfort the dying when they are quarantined?” “How do I comfort the widow in quarantine?” “Do I livestream a funeral??” As Joy Harjo writes, “What shall I do with all this heartache?” Artist Geof...