Not gathering in this time is a display of love, and life giving to our community.
Not gathering in this time is a display of love, and life giving to our community. It is difficult not to gather for worship and share communion as we normally do. It is where we find our meaning to be in physical proximity and contact as the Body of Christ. I acknowledge this reality, and I wish I could make COVID-19 go away. The reality we live in right now is that the most dangerous thing we can do is gather. It is destructive to the Body of Christ, harmful to our church community and the wider community. It is a worldwide pandemic, no one's life is unaffected. Some have expressed resistance to the "powers that be" advising we not gather for worship. Some have even framed it, sometimes playfully, as being an act of civil disobedience to gather and worship against the advice of governmental and medical advisors. It came up at our Diocesan Executive Board, and I shared my perspective, and want to share it here in writing. There are certainly times for civil disobed...