Barbara Bowyer writes:   In Sunday’s sermon, Pastor Travis spoke of the beautiful poem offered by Amanda Gorman at the presidential inauguration. Gorman, the first National Youth Poet Laureate , used her powerful words to lift a bruised and not so united United States . Gorman challenged us to become the generous and resilient people she sees with those wise young eyes. Travis began his message with the first lines of her poem, “ When day comes, we ask ourselves, where can we find light in this never-ending shade?” While Travis focused on the opening lines of the poem, I encourage you to consider the closing lines which represent a poetic battle cry: “We will rebuild, reconcile, and recover in every known nook of our nation in every corner called our country our people diverse and beautiful will emerge battered and beautiful, when the day comes we step out of the shade aflame and unafraid, the new dawn blooms as we free it, for there is always light if only we’re brave enough to ...