'COVID-19' Tagged Posts
September 29, 2021
Dear Friends, Anyone who has ever tried to coordinate a family reunion knows what the biggest challenge is. Trying to find a time that works on everyone’s calendar is the kind of logistical puzzle that only an experienced air traffic controller can handle. In our family, we have five children, their five spouses and now ten grandchildren to account for. We typically work 24 months in advance trying to lock down a date that works for all of us. Even then,…
May 13, 2020
Dear Friends, There are no simple answers to the dilemma we are facing today as a nation. I wish there were. We have taken significant steps to “flatten the curve” when it comes to COVID-19. What we feared two months ago – overrun hospitals and doctors decided who gets a ventilator and who is left to die without one – by God’s grace hasn’t happened here. The number of people who have died from the virus is a sobering number, but not…
April 22, 2020
Dear Friends, Anyone else having a hard time trying to figure out what’s coming next? Last week, the Governor of New York declared “the worst is over” when it comes to the coronavirus. This week, the Director General of the World Health Organization said “the worst is yet ahead of us.” The Governor of Georgia will this week lift restrictions in his state to attempt to begin restarting the economy. Meanwhile, the Governor of Michigan has tightened things down in…
March 7, 2020
Dear Friends, Two quick reminders as we prepare for our time together tomorrow. First, this. You can set the clocks ahead now if you’d like. Don’t forget. Here’s the second reminder. You may have heard there is a bug going around. When I went to Home Depot this morning, I saw that their workshops for March have all be cancelled. People are taking precautions to protect themselves from Covid-19. And that’s good. There’s a lot the doctors and scientists don’t know yet…