Challenging days for those who speak, teach or preach. We’re trying hard to serve you faithfully straight to camera in virtually empty rooms and sanctuaries but I just have to say this AM that I miss you so much- your faces, the sounds of Bible pages turning -that my heart aches.

Just want you to know that nothing replaces actual you. It’s an honor to serve you any way I can. But I miss your face, your warmth and the sounds of your praises when we worship God in the same room. Let’s hold tight to our Bibles and to one another during this time of testing.

I just sorta wanna feel depressed about this this morning but I’m not going to. Gonna try to count it all joy.

It’s alright to be sad, y’all. The loss is legit. We have to find a way to be more comfortable with other people’s sadness. Most people are sad right now. We can be sad & simultaneously count it all joy. As Jesus followers in a broken world that’s probably more the norm than not.