Death Valley ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. Every valley shall be filled, ...and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’” See Luke 3:1-6 Does is sometimes feel to you like we're living in a wilderness? Not the hot, barren type like Death Valley. More like the wilderness faced by the Delaware Valley Board of Education. At a recent Board Meeting a heated exchange took place between a Board member and an audience member accusing some school teachers of Gestapo-like tactics in enforcing mask-wearing. This provoked a response causing immediate adjournment of the meeting. Or the wilderness faced by a Board member who resigned due to death threats against himself and his family. This is a wilderness where violence seems to be the rule of the day. Here people wander in an injustice of scarcity, isolation, and hunger. It doesn't take much for any of us to ask, "God, are you at work in this wilderness?" The wilderness place of vulne...