Home Centered Church
April 12, 2020 These past couple weeks have been a staircase of increasing anxiety about the Coronavirus. At first it seemed like the whole thing was being blown out of proportion by news/social media. I mean, people were stockpiling toilet paper of all things. But as the weeks wore on, and the government and scientific reactions be more severe, it began to feel more real to me. Nothing perhaps had a bigger impact on me then the church's announcements of change. I figure that at the point that the church closes temples, I need to be taking this thing at least as seriously as the prophet. So, for the past 4 or 5 weeks we have been having church at home. We set up the chairs in the living room, put a stool in the front as our pulpit, and we sing and pray and have a brief "church" meeting. Most weeks we have the kids each prepare and give a talk. Calvin once dictated a talk to me, which I wrote down for him. Then, during church, when it was his turn I whispered it in...