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When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear. But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid” [Matthew 14:26-27 (NIV)]. One of the harshest phenomena of the COVID-19 pandemic has been its effect on funerals and memorial services. It isn’t enough that the disease has taken more than 160,000 souls in our land (2,076 in North Carolina, 79 in Durham County, at last count); social-distancing rules mean there have been virtually no memorial services for those lost to friends and family. Generally speaking, unless one’s death can be utilized by protesters…