About Rev. Dr. Robert L. Gram: I retired from full time ministry in 2017. Some pastors end their careers publishing sermons, prayers, or meditations. When I left the parish I overslept for the first three months, catching up for the gradual depletion most clerics experience after decades of service. Fully awake, I still believed I had nothing to write which would interest me, let alone a passing reader. This still may be the case. But Covid- 19 provided a challenge, like an onrushing train, which couldn’t be ignored. In the wake of the terror, a hope dispensing Jesus needed proclamation.