Collected Item: “Worship seems so lonely now.”
Give your story a title.
Worship seems so lonely now.
What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?
Photograph. I took it during service.
Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.
With this isolation it's hard to feel a connection when your fellow worshipers aren't there with you. The friendly faces aren't there anymore and you're stuck feeling lonely. You can watch a video or listen to the broadcast in your car outside the church but it's lost its familiarity. We miss the people around us and are losing that comfort of others in worship and in song. We may even feel disconnected to our spirituality because of it. But it's something we just have to deal with to keep others safe. Even the Psalmist felt lonely. He described himself as a lonely bird sitting atop the roof of house and waiting for the Lord (Psalm 102:7). Perhaps we all just have to wait.
Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)
Lily Knapp
Give this story a date.
2020-08-09