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Good riddance to 2020? Not so fast.

As the second hand ticks on toward New Year’s Eve and the dawn of another year, celebrations might seem like a muted afterthought amid a pandemic that is still playing out. Indeed many of the annual festivities marking the turning year have been canceled or scaled back.

For some, however, the new year still offers an invitation to take stock of the past, to consider the blessings of the

How should we reflect on 2020?Is there room for celebration?How might we think about our lives differently for the future?

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