Eric Minton is a psychotherapist, writer, and ordained Baptist pastor from East Tennessee. You can find more of his work at www.ericminton.me and www.mintonfamilytherapy.com.
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Individual Heroism Won’t Save Us
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Normally, in moments very unlike our present, I could sit and laugh with extended family without fearing that my presence will expose them to an early death. I could get takeout without having to surgically remove the food from its packaging in a designated clean room like it’s a rupturing spleen. I could even venture to a quiet park where I’m passed too closely by a jogger or family of five without having my existential ire erupt out of me like a sermon, delivered only to my weary family on the way home. Most days I was able to have a tough day at work without having to forage for canned beans and toilet paper in surgical gear at our local Kroger as a nightcap.