Be true to who we are, and God will bless us during this Lenten wilderness! There is no way that every parish can be a mega-parish these days, with superbly polished technical productions! In these days, the best thing for both smaller, and larger, parishes, is to be true to our identities, with neither regret nor boasting. Whatever your parish is doing, it is probably doing the right thing it is being true to its identity. My principle during this pandemic Christianity is to encourage people to support their local parish, and whatever that parish is doing.
But I also realize that not every parish, or community of faith, has been able to do that. We do so with real grace and excellence, all at once! I am glad for that. Philip, we benefit enormously from our ability to gather outside, to livestream many services, to gather in video conference calls, and to assemble several online services every week. But I want to particularly salute those leaders of smaller communities of faith who have been gallantly trying to lead their flocks, in the midst of pandemic isolation and frustration and impatience and real struggle. We are all trying to care for our isolated pods of loved ones. Sam CandlerĪctually, I guess we are all “country parsons” these days, whether we are ordained or not. An article from the Cathedral Times by the Very Rev.
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