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https://i0.wp.com/greaternw.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/jackson-simmer-ZxRHtPacwUY-unsplash.jpg?fit=1600%2C1600&ssl=116001600In a post for the Clergy Wellness Blog, Rev. Debbie Sperry uses exercise as an analogy to speak to the different kinds of pain that pastors and congregants are experiencing in the pandemic. "There’s no doubt we are hurting. We are stressed, tired, overworked, lonely, frustrated, and angry. While it all hurts, I don’t think it’s all bad pain; I think there might be more nuance to it than that."