Varieties of unexpected gifts (Pentecost A; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13)

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After the governor closed schools across our state, a natural division of duties arose at my house as two parents, one 24-year-old daughter, and one 15-year-old son learned to work, study, and play together full time.