This article, Our Sunday Morning Diaspora, from the “Grow Christians” website this morning hit a chord; so much so that I responded in a long comment: I am the Children, Youth and Families Minister at St. Chad’s Episcopal Church in Albuquerque, NM. I have been part of our “online” services as a musician and now as the Zoom-to-Facebook-Live traffic controller.…
Month: May 2020
Ritual
I am 48.5 years old (tomorrow). And for whatever reason, this occurred to me this morning as I was waking up listening to NPR: I need rituals. The commentator was talking about how mental health professionals are working to help families connect meaningfully with their critically ill COVID-19 relatives. One health professional connected a nephew to his uncle and though…