The weirdest thing to me about worshipping via live stream during this time of physical distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic is that worship still feels like worship even without the community gathered together in the same space. The feeling that we are still bound together in Christ is palpable. That can only be the work of the Holy Spirit, and I am grateful for it.
Nevertheless, I miss the gathered community most when I\’m preaching, and I never want to acclimate to offering homilies in empty (or nearly empty) spaces. Still, we\’re called to proclaim the Good News especially during difficult times and in strange situations, and I suspect that this pandemic is teaching us all a new way to be the Church.
So I’ve decided to share a meditation and a homily from this past weekend.
The meditation is taken from a live stream of the Proper Liturgy for Holy Saturday which I officiated from my home office on April 11.
And the homily is taken from our service of Morning Prayer on Easter Sunday which Isabel and I streamed from church.
I hope we’ll all be able to worship face-to-face again soon.
Peace,
Jeff+
The Reverend Jeffrey K. Evans 
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