It has often been said that the church is not a building, the church is the people. For many years that’s what the church has told the world. Since March, like never before in recent history, we’ve had the opportunity to show them. And by God’s grace, I think overall, “the Church” has done a decent job. At my own church, for example, almost overnight, we had to learn how to use Zoom and have virtual meetings together. Just a few months later, there is a whole list of virtual

Well, can you believe that September is here?! Every year around this time I always feel this sense of: “Where did the summer go?” But this year, with COVID-19 having shut so many of our “normal” activities down for nearly six months and counting (the last “in person” worship service at my church was March 8!!), the coming of fall and “back to school” is even more poignant than usual. Students of all ages are embarking on new adventures in learning, much of it virtual. I d