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Shabbat Sermon: Raising The Cup Weve Got with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz

Published: Nov. 21, 2020, 6 p.m.

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The great preacher in Atlanta, Andy Stanley, has recently given a series of sermons about a topic that is always relevant, especially now.  What happens, he asks, when it is what it is, and what is isn\\u2019t great.  You don\\u2019t love it, but you are stuck with it.

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Your marriage is what it is. Your health is what it is.  Your kids are what they are.  Your financial situation is what it is.  Your job is what it is.  There can be so many areas in our life where it\\u2019s not great.  We are not loving it.  But there is no clear way to change it.  No easy way to get out of it.  What do you do?

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That universal problem has a particular application in month nine of the pandemic, when the number of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are all soaring\\u2014 and all of us are suffering from Covid fatigue,  social isolation and numbing routine.  Our Thanksgiving this year is what it is: small, different, disconnected, not like any other Thanksgiving.

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When life is what it is, when Covid is what it is, how do we think about it, what do we do about it?

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