When we want to reach out to someone today, most of us send an electronic message \u2013 a text, an email, a social network posting.\u00a0 While these communication methods are easy and efficient, they contain little of the intimacy of the handwritten letter or word.\u00a0 Handwritten letters, I was reminded this summer while cleaning my parents home, brings an intimacy to the reading\u2026the cast of the letters, the words chosen, the crossed out mistakes\u2026that we do not have with electronic communications.<\/p>\n
The art form of the letter is also a means of knowledge sharing\u2026the letters of Martin Luther King, JRR Tolkien, as examples provide insight to what they were thinking as they engaged in civil rights actions, created \u00a0new worlds \u2013 their letters humanize them.\u00a0 In recognition of National Handwriting Day\u00a0on January 23<\/span>, the sermon will reflect on why handwritten letters, memorabilia, etc., matter and end with a call for engagement with local leaders through writing a postcard.<\/p>\nConnection Through Handwriting<\/h2>\n