We live in a small tightly knit community in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. As educators, both my husband and I are now working from home, reaching out to our students with technology and Google Meet, Docs, Classroom, etc. As an interim pastor, my husband has been feeding the flock via FaceTime Live, and we are using Zoom for our Sunday school hour interactions. We purchased lilies to hint at an Easter backdrop for Easter Sunday, seeking some sense of the familiar in these uncharted waters.
We will be celebrating Easter and Life this year against a poignant backdrop of death. We received an email Friday morning at 5 a.m. to pray for a brother struggling for life after a week of difficulties following surgery. Our brother gets to spend his first Easter with our risen Savior, but his dear wife and four children are left to be comforted in a new and seemingly distant way required by this new normal.
Providing for those in need in our community and seeking to experience koinonia within the body are possible as we delve into Scripture, think “outside the box” and find new ways to fulfill biblical “one another” commands! We are blessed and thinking more these days about Christ’s return and intentionally sharing the Gospel more than ever!
Brenda McGeoch Raught
BJU Class of ’84
