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Weeping at the Door

I keep saying that I’m fine.  My family is healthy. We are all still employed.  We have a lovely home to stay in and a nice neighborhood for walks. And yet last week when I went up to church on my day to check the mail and messages I found myself standing at the doors...

Wash Your Hands

Recently I saw a news story about people in Ohio still gathering for church.  Those interviewed in their cars leaving the service all proclaimed the same sentiment, that because they were washed in the blood of Jesus they were protected from the coronavirus. This is...

Field Guide for the Way

I have a church member who is on hospice and I can’t sit with her. My daughter is not going to experience her high school’s traditional versus assembly where the classes compete against each other. I don’t get to chat with my fellow school board members over dinner...

The God of Money

This week we held our first coffee with the pastor via the online portal Zoom.  It was so great to see everyone’s faces and to chat and connect with people from the Parish.  As I was looking at the screen I realized that all of us, including me, are at high risk for...

Friday to Friday

A week ago we had just gotten word that we would need to cancel all in-person gatherings for the Parish.  In that week a lot has happened. I rewrote Sunday morning worship for an online format and frantically tried to email and call everyone so folks would know of the...