What a year it has been…
Remember when last year Zoom was amazing. Zoom meetings brought energy and life to our “villages” in a strange season.
Zoom allowed meetings to happen, school to go on, friends to connect, families to be present at loved one’s deaths, and holidays to be celebrated.
One year ago, Zoom was a gift.
In our Council meeting, we talked about how difficult it is to get people to gather on Zoom. People are done with it, don’t want another screen meeting, and overall feel weary and burned out from the same tool that exhilarated us one year ago.
Remember when just over a year ago, Sunday mornings felt hard to get up for. The gathering at Church felt mundane and obligatory for many. Now, the gift to gather together, to worship, even if masked, feels refreshing and energizing, like a gift to a community of believers still in a strange season!
Oh, all that can change in a year.
Lord, give us patience and hope,
Blessed be His name!