Several years ago I fell at church and broke my wrist.

“You’d think God would have protected me at church,” I told people.

“No,” they shook their heads sadly. “The Law of Gravity works at church just like it does everywhere else."

And so, alas, does virus transmission. Good thing church is more than a building. “Church” is not cancelled. It continues at home as people learn new ways to worship together while staying apart. It continues with online Bible study. It continues in the community as people offer to shop for their more vulnerable neighbors. It continues as people provide rides to doctors’ appointments for those who cannot drive themselves. It continues through phone calls checking orn those who live alone and are lonely. It continues with cards and notes of support for those who need a friendly word. And it continues as we pray — Oh! How we pray!

The church is God’s hands and feet in the world, and today we are busier than ever.