No, it wasn’t the suit – that is still classy after all these years.
I remember when we first started facing the idea of a shutdown from the coronavirus, and my first thought was, “I won’t have anything to do.” It was going to be like a lengthy vacation.
Sometimes, a man just isn’t thinking clearly. Since we suspended services a couple of months ago, it has been a bit of a whirlwind. I’ve barely had time to look at this site. Other than a few posts on politics, I’ve pretty much contributed nothing.
I’m looking forward to starting up again in the next couple of weeks. Sioux City had a massive outbreak recently (you can thank us for the meat shortage you may have heard about – our meatpacking plants all had huge outbreaks of COVID-19). When everyone else was slowing down, we were ramping up.
I realize that when things open up nothing returns to normal. Every week I tell myself, “You’ve got to stop neglecting Voices” and every week, I do it again. If Voices was my wife, she’d leave me. Oh well.
Pastors, you know what I’m talking about, don’t you? I wish I’d paid more attention to those seminary courses on Church Management during a Pandemic. This is an adventure, but I am hoping the ride will be over soon. I feel like throwing up.
This week, I will do better.
I lost weight and haven’t been able to fit in the suit for a long time. If this shutdown goes on much longer, I am afraid that I will once again be able to wear the lime green suit again.
“… once again be able to wear the lime green suit again …”? What … are you once again the Chairman of the Department of Redundancy Department again?
One of our members said, “Have you enjoyed your time off?” When our staff member shared that in staff meeting, we all laughed. Like you, we’ve had lots more to do during the pandemic. I’ve been in ministry for more than 50 years, as has our senior pastor. We just look at each other and shake our heads. Nothing in our training or experience prepared us to cope with this situation. For sure, none of my seminary professors mentioned it. In a course on the history of the early church, we did learn how the early church ministered to plague… Read more »