The calm before the storm.
I understand why people say that. I've
said it myself. We say it because there oftentimes seems to be just
that – a period of relative calm before things get really crazy,
hectic, out of control, or whatever. During the football season,
it's that time when the officials are all gathered together in one
place, apart from everyone and everything else, between the time
we've finished dressing and the time we walk out onto the field, when
there's a feeling of calm.
I'm sure we all have our own examples
of that period just before things get crazy when we have a moment or
two where we can gather our thoughts, take a deep breath or two, and
then off we go.
Right now should feel like that – it
should feel calm before we begin to regather for in-person worship
this Sunday. It should, but it's not.
All of the planning and discussion the
PRC did toward this moment is finished and we are ready to go. The
petition to the diocese was made and accepted. But now we are
working to ensure that everything we put down on paper gets addressed
and lived into in person.
Do we have enough hand sanitizer? Did
we get tables and chairs where they need to go? Do we have the right
signage? Will our thermometers work? Will the reservation process
go as planned? Will we have enough bulletins? And, and, and, and .
. .
So this time isn't the calm before the
storm, but it is the storm before the calm.
We have prepared as well as we can.
Things will be as ready as they can. And on Sunday we will welcome
both people into the building and those watching online as we worship
together. It will be there, with our gathered community, online and
in person, where the calmness of our worship will wash over us. It
will be there where we will pray together, hum together (no singing
yet), and feast together. And it will be there when the words of
Julian of Norwich will echo in our collective minds, “All shall be
will. All shall be well. All manner of things shall be well.”
This Sunday, what will be will be, and
that will be enough.
If you have made reservations to join
us in person, I look forward to worshiping with you. If you will be
joining us from your home, I look forward to worshiping with you.
Wherever you are on this journey, know that we are gathered together;
and I hope that brings a bit of calm into your life.
Be well,
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