I did not begin the year 2020 planning to write a cycle on the pandemic, but even before this global event swallowed our lives whole it became clear that my blog would become a place where I held the pandemic within the crucible of faith to see what I had to say. These are my writings:

Pandemic Pieces

1. The Shape of Love in a Time of Contagion – March 12, 2020 (the first of what became a series of posts on the pandemic – this one about – not – gathering for worship)
2. Making Ourselves Present (Across the Distance) – March 15, 2020 (on taking social distancing with deadly earnest)
3. BREAKING: God Tests Positive – March 16, 2020 (satire in service of theological truth)
4. A Father’s Words to Far Off Children – March 20, 2020 (writing to my kids – across the country – about the pandemic)
5. Hospitality … in “the Distance” – March 22, 2020 (whimsy on working from home – but with a deeper purpose)
6. Praying the Lord’s Prayer in a Pandemic – March 29, 2020
7. Grief Upon Grief – April 5, 2020 (Palm Sunday reflection on all the death coming our way)
8. How to Empty a Tomb – April 11, 2020 (Easter – in a time when tombs are filling left and right)
9. “Liberate Minnesota” Didn’t Liberate Anything – April 18, 2020 (on the protests against the “stay-at-home” directives)
10. Gaslighting & the Gospel … Post-Pandemic Faithfulness – April 28, 2020
11. America’s Zyklon B Moment – May 6, 2020 (unnerving reflections about the costs we’re ready – eager?! – to pay to re-open)
12. Pandemic Mutations – May 7, 2020 (a personal piece on being a writer in these times)
13. Pornstars, Parables, and the Pandemic – May 8, 2020 (unexpected insights from beyond the edge …)