September 2020
September 16
Day 186: Wedding Celebration Just about every church in America is experiencing the same phenomena, ours included. Not everyone is hanging around. Even limiting our affiliations to connecting via Zoom feels old and tiresome. No longer worth even that marginal effort, for some. It may be the absence of face-to-face fellowship and collective worship has […]
September 15
Day 185: Denial Denial. I perhaps live in such denial that I don't even know to the extent I do. Fall is here. I easily deny this (most every year), and easily resort to thinking summer continues. Because the calendar says summer doesn't officially start until September 21. Because I am a fan of summer. […]
September 14
Day 184: Abnormal As of yesterday, we have now been on abnormal for 27 weeks. We have not gathered in full on a Sunday morning for what is now more than half of the calendar year. While some might say our circumstances have resulted in our being "nimble and mobile," our present abnormality has also […]
September 13
Day 183: Back From the Dead John chapter 11 tells us the story of Lazarus. Lazarus of Bethany. Raised from the dead. Sisters Mary and Martha witness the whole spectacle. So do the "Jews," the religious leaders. Upon Jesus calling Lazarus back to life, Mary and Martha worship, and the Jewish religious leaders commit to […]