Roll Call - Sunday 4/5/20

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 We've been in this new normal for a while now, and I'm wondering if anyone is feeling as though it qualifies as such.  Is social distancing a habit now, or do we struggle to not reach out and touch, shake hands or simply offer a physical gesture of support and encouragement?

I'm on my way out the door to our church service; no one there except the musicians and pastor, two techies that make it all turn into a live feed.  People feel connected through it, making comments throughout and even prayer requests.  It's amazing to me knowing this is going on around the world, thanks to the available and prevailing technology.

Passover begins on Wednesday, and the significance of an observation that recalls a time when the blood of a lamb, sacrificed and made the family meal, was placed on the doorposts and lintels of those ancient homes in order for death to bypass them, cannot be ignored during this current plague.  Easter, which falls next Sunday within the borders of Passover, celebrates another sacrifice, described as God's Passover Lamb, whose blood saves not only one group, but the world.  This compels me to believe in a passover for us, by whatever miracle of science might bring it about.

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