Preaching Goes Viral

An Easter Sermon for Coronavirus

[don't use] Virtual communal gatherings

Easter, when COVID-adapted

This will be the first Easter in recent memory when Christians across the globe will be unable to join with their fellow believers to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. One biblical text is gaining new meaning in this time is Matthew 18:20, which reads, “for where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” Virtual Easters are taking place today as pastors and lay leaders “minister” to very small groups of believers; parents with their children, other related or closely connected people who are sheltering together, even individuals who are alone but might feel less alone because of the focus on very small groups of people watching intensely from their homes. Two or three, or even one, but no more than ten. Worshiping together, while staying apart, to celebrate the most important day of Christian faith, might bring us even closer in this Easter that nobody will forget.

2022-12-16

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Jim Wallis