A couple of years ago, on an Advent Sunday morning, before the worship service, I was in the choir room. Choir members were getting on their robes and starting to practice. I too was putting on my robe and preparing for worship. Something hadn’t gone quite right for the morning – I can’t remember what. Maybe the sound system was broken or we’d had a last minute change with something or other. I was feeling anxious and I knew there were a few other choir members with full plates or difficult family situations. We were all lamenting the stress of the …
New Traditions
By this point in 2020, you most likely have learned a new way to do something that used to be routine. Maybe it’s the way you shop for groceries, how you keep your friendship going or remembering to grab a mask when you’re leaving home. Worship would be on this list. We’ve worshiped in a variety of ways in the past few months, through a podcast, on Facebook Live, outdoors and spread out. During November, we will continue to worship outside. When the weather isn’t favorable, we’ll go online. Right now this means a Facebook Live service at 11:05 on …