Open Up, The War Is Over
In a few minutes I’ll be having a cardiology appointment… the first with my new doctor.
Because it will be done online due to Covid19, it will be done without the knowledge of my vital signs or any sort of physical examination.
I’m not sure what the point is, but I guess it’s always good to meet new people…
The hospital itself is pretty much empty.
Yesterday, I went to pick up an order at WalMart and witnessed three near brawls over parking spaces.
Generally speaking, we don’t fight like that here.
People are angry and restless and the new buzzword is “tyranny”.
People no longer believe they are being protected, but oppressed…by “tyrants”.
Whatever value the lockdown had (and I believe it was significant) has been replaced by the greater risk of civil unrest, violence, and the economic disaster from which many will never recover.
Reasoned discussion of the best way forward with the fewest deaths and less of a financial crisis is no longer possible in a world of partisan politics and conspiracy theories.
We may have defeated the virus at some point, but we could not overcome our own conflicts to act as one people against a common enemy.
Open everything back up full throttle.
The enemy has triumphed, we will see what the spoils of war shall be.
There will be many who die, many more who will only partially recover, but there will be no agency to blame but ourselves.
Those of us who must, will protect ourselves as we are able.
If we do not open back up, we’ll be in greater danger from our neighbor than from the virus.
Let us save what we can…
As I travel through this valley that is my home, I see many businesses that will never reopen.
They represent lives that were invested, jobs provided, and services rendered for many.
They are the heart of the valley that has beat for the last time.
Things will never be the same here.
This is a tragedy that will follow us for years in many ways seen and still unseen.
There is much to mourn and more mourning to come…but those who survive will be able to mourn over a sit down breakfast with properly coiffed hair.
I do not say this sarcastically.
I want my favorite diner to survive.
I want my barber to survive.
I want to survive.
A sacrifice will be made, but I cannot righteously discern which will live and which will die.
As I write this, I understand that our country will never be the same again either.
We were given a common enemy to fight together and that unity in battle might have healed us.
We turned on each other instead and the divided house has fallen.
Perhaps at some point we will mourn our losses together.
Perhaps we will remember how much we loved what we had, where we had it, and those who we loved in it.
Perhaps.
Lord have mercy…
Timely and accurate
Hope new doc is a good match
Open Up!
Any amount is good,
Civil disobedience is coming fast
Government can only govern by assent
That’s why CA is given over to pretty much anyone to do pretty much anything except sit on the beach
This is the first pan-human event since Babel / dividing of the Nations. (I am assuming in this statement that these events effectively had the same timeframe.
Yes, people are angry… they were angry before this pandemic came to our shores.
Yes, people are threatening violence and civil unrest… they were threatening this before.
In my view, it is not a matter of a change in character… it’s a matter of a change of degree.
The enemy should have been the virus, or the lack of preparedness or response… instead it is each other.
Deaths, it seems, will continue. Unemployment, it seems, will get worse. Anybody who thinks that one side or another has “won” is deluded. We have all lost. It only remains to be seen how much we have already lost and how much we will lose in the days to come.
It sounds, from recent news reports, that Dr. Fauci has been admitted to the political ICU.
Civil righteousness is falling in the polls.
when the s**t hits the fan like this, it can and must be seen by believers in Jesus as an opportunity to tangibly demonstrate the reason(s) for the hope within. (provided we can verbalize those reasons…or have hope…or care enough to tangibly demonstrate them…)
Never mind.
😉
Yes, fil,’ Amen – we must be seen by the world as rational, but confident in what we believe – our sure hope
Mebbe, it our chance to demonstrate God’s grace, too? 😇
Opening up will confirm that this was a “nothing burger,” even though deaths will continue. I don’t believe it is a nothing burger, but the anger and frustration has cut across political lines on the street. The fallout talk a year from now will be interesting, and we’ve already seen hints of it: the concept of UBI, remote work for a lot, distance learning (hopefully this will start a national discussion about the ridiculousness of college costs, but I’m not going to hold my breath).
I saw a rainbow at walmart this evening. I commented to a random woman taking a picture in the parking lot. When I got to my car, an elderly Vietnamese lady pointed it out and told me to take a picture. She said that she made a wish that the virus would be over by Christmas so she could enjoy a normal Christmas. Such is the hope of random people we encounter in Wal-Mart parking lots. I felt happy driving home.
We aren’t planning a reopening but could someone provide the link seen here previously about how to responsibly open a church?
Steve Wright’s video was helpful earlier.
Maybe we can come together in opening up our country.
Jtk
Check with your insurance carrier. I have seen material from both Church Mutual and Brotherhood that was excellent. They are also offering free webinars. Mind you, I’m sure when you reopen, your insurance carrier will likely, if not certainly, review your reopening policy and implementation procedures in assessing your premium for your upcoming policy period…and likely have the right to increase your premium immediately if they audit your church and find your policy deficient.
Also, if you use or know a church that uses a PEO, they too have outstanding webinars available and you can be assured of their quality and thoroughness as the PEO is jointly liable with the church for employee’s welfare.
Not knowing your church size, facilities, etc., and If you can wait a few days, I can send you our church’s plan, but it is mega church sized and may be more intricate than your needs. Lots a input, including myself from a operational and legal perspective.
Apparently, the CDC published today guidance for safely reopening certain places: schools, workplaces, camps, childcare centers, mass transit systems, and bars and restaurants.
Although in a prior draft the CDC worked on guidance for safely reopening places of worship, that category was not included in the CDC guidance which has been published.
Questions for the readers:
Would houses of worship like to have CDC guidance for safely reopening?
Do you believe that the Holy Spirit will protect your house of worship, so that CDC guidance is unnecessary?
Is CDC guidance an encroachment on your constitutional right to practice your religion?
Would houses of worship like to have CDC guidance for safely reopening?
Rather than guidance, I would like to hear their recommendations.
Do you believe that the Holy Spirit will protect your house of worship, so that CDC guidance is unnecessary?
Maybe, I would like to hear other recommendations also.
Is CDC guidance an encroachment on your constitutional right to practice your religion?
Possibly.
What people fail to understand is that during a quarantine, local authorities have had wide latitude since the Colonial era to place restrictions. For all those anti-lockdown people, I suggest they read up the SCOTUS and other case law.
Here are 2 examples:
Compagnie Francaise de Navigation a Vapeur v. Louisiana Board of Health, 186 U.S. 380 (1902)
Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (1905)
I suggest they read those and get a clue.
Quarantine individuals or whole community?
As a child i remember quarantine sogns on houses, but…..
“People are angry and restless and the new buzzword is “tyranny”.
People no longer believe they are being protected, but oppressed…by “tyrants”.”
I cannot fathom this…… I openly admit to all here that I am spoiled and sheltered – here in BC, we’ve not seen that kind of behaviour.
We’ve seen the occasional small protest, and there are the usual theories online regarding the government being too controlling – but by and large, I’ve not seen that mindset in practice here.
For the most part, people have been well behaved with distancing, staying home, etc…..therefore our numbers regarding new cases have declined fairly steadily.
My continued prayers to my southern neighbours…..
Jeff, I would greatly appreciate it.
legokingnm AT gmail.com
Maybe not oppression, but here in Cali there is looniness, like San Francisco supplying drugs and alcohol to homeless that the city has sheltered.