Preaching Goes Viral

We Have been Here Before: Spiritual Wisdom for Enduring Covid-19

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Listen to the voice of Miriam, from outside the camp, sing loudly from the distance, singing songs of hope and healing. Hear the women, taking up their timbrels yet again, joining her in song, spreading out, like a comforting chorus, creating across the camp the world’s first livestreamed liturgy of love. See children tossing stones at targets drawn on the ground and outside their tents, laughing and playing games together thought separated from each other by a distance, as if distance meant nothing, but companionship was possible nonetheless, in this virtual reality game that the kids created together. There were latrines still to be dug and food to be prepared (but in separate areas and always accompanied by vigorous washing of hands). They arranged the sharing of resources and attended to the comforting of the confused and the anxious. Life went on, though separated by social distancing. Or better yet, life went on alongside physical distancing as they continued socially connecting.

2022-12-13

Rabbi Paul Kipnes

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