The Trump administration saying that churches are open, combined with the CDC reversing course overnight, is what forced @GovTimWalz’s timeline here. But this is unwise, and I’ll be following @uccmn guidelines to stay closed for at least another two months. 1/3 https://twitter.com/startribune/status/1264268509938401280

Clergy and other faith leaders, it’s our job to keep shaping the understanding of our people: we must make the case for a faithful choice of the common good, over private gains that would marginally ease the pain of some at the greater exclusion of others. 2/3 https://twitter.com/raushenbush/status/1264178919407845377

To quote the Apostle Paul, even if “all things are lawful”, all things are not helpful. (1 Cor. 6:12) And to rush blindly on, doing the maximum of what’s allowed, is to set off viral bombs in our congregations—of coronavirus, and also of selfish individualism. 3/3