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Transcribed highlights of the show can be found in our episode summaries.\nWe\u2019re right on the cusp of the holiday season. Except this year it doesn\u2019t feel much like it. Each day this month, thousands of American\u2014record numbers\u2014have\xa0tested positive for COVID-19. Even as several vaccines are now on the horizon, many public health authorities have asked Americans to not reunite with extended family over Thanksgiving, requests that will no doubt continue during the Christmas season.\xa0\nMillions of people have already spent hours more this year inside, apart from their loved ones, houses of worship, and beloved activities. While the summer offered many a respite from their homes, the arrival of cold weather will likely keep people there. This bleakness, of course, comes on the heels of a year of postponed weddings, never organized baby showers, and drive-by birthday parties. And, of course, one of the year\u2019s most agonizing elements has been the disparity with which community and individuals have adopted and practiced social distancing and mask-wearing. These relationship tensions have had\xa0both personal and societal polarizing effect.\xa0\nThis week on Quick to Listen, we discussed the reality between the joyous expectations of the holidays\u2014and the darkness we\u2019re all feeling this year with\xa0Chris Hall, the\xa0president of Renovare, the spiritual formation organization started by Richard Foster.\nHall is also associate editor of the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture and has written a great four volume series of books on what we can learn from the early church, and was one of CT\u2019s theology editors and advisers. He joined global media manager Morgan Lee and editorial director Ted Olsen to talk about growing in your relationship with God and practicing spiritual disciplines during a pandemic.\xa0\xa0\nWhat is Quick to Listen? Read more\nRate Quick to Listen on Apple Podcasts\nFollow the podcast on Twitter\nFollow our hosts on Twitter: Morgan Lee and Ted Olsen\nLearn more about Renovar\xe9\nMusic by Sweeps\nQuick to Listen is produced by Morgan Lee and Matt Linder\nThe transcript is edited by Bunmi Ishola\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices