Being at home and catching up on our hobbies and with each other has allowed us to read more, learn more Lenten recipes, develop our Scrabble skills, and discover how to use Zoom to reach out and “touch” others. The extra time has been a blessing to us. We have relearned the value of rest and sleep. Also, we have rediscovered our need for prayer because we can’t get back to normal and need guidance on what to do, who to turn to.

Fifteen of our All Saints Bible Study group participated in a Webex meeting this past Tuesday with Fr. Haridimos. † Below are some of the things we discussed. We started with prayer and chatted about people’s routines and how they were finding solace in Christ. We read the passage: “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind” (2 St. Timothy 1:7). We talked about what this time means to us and the world…