Pandemic • dwight j. friesen

Tested COVID Positive

Last night I tested COVID positive! After dinner a headache, body aches, and a cough settled in. Then today I’ve had a sore throat, and a low grade fever hovering around 100. And I’m fully vaccinated, boosted, and wear a

admin May 4, 2022May 5, 2022

The Future of Seattle

This is worth checking out. Peace, dwight

Dwight J. Friesen October 12, 2021September 26, 2022

Holy Communion Online

Last week during my school’s Wednesday Holy Communion & prayer time a student shared some beautiful words at the Table. It appears these words were first used at Mt Hollywood Church in Los Angeles, California on Palm Sunday, 2020. If anyone

Dwight J. Friesen April 5, 2021November 2, 2022

So Grateful to be Vaccinated & . . .

I am so grateful to be fully vaccinated from COVID-19. I was actually surprised at how hope-inducing the experience was. The teams of medical professionals and volunteers delivering the vaccine had an air of the elves in Santa’s woodshop and

Dwight J. Friesen March 20, 2021November 21, 2021

I Wish None of this Had Happened

“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is

Dwight J. Friesen January 26, 2021February 8, 2024

“The Keep Going Song”

I was in a Wabash funded Zoom meeting last week facilitated by Dr. Shelly Rambo of Boston University and Dr. Trace Haythorn from the ACPE and they ended our meeting with “The Keep Going Song” by the Bengsons. I hadn’t

Dwight J. Friesen December 14, 2020September 20, 2022

A Prayer For Putting on a Mask

The Right Reverend Richard Bott is the current Moderator of the United Church of Canada. He composed this beautiful prayer for when we put our masks on, and has given permission for it to be shared (asking only that we attribute it

Dwight J. Friesen November 23, 2020November 24, 2021

10 Personal Parish Practices & Postures During 2020

In this pandemic era many of us find ourselves walking our neighborhoods more than ever. Many are also experiencing limitations in terms of gathering together with others. So doing things with your group or your church may not be available.

Dwight J. Friesen October 12, 2020November 2, 2022

Webinar: Lament & Shalom

WEBINAR 3 – Lament & Imagination: A Theological Response to a Covid-19 World Wednesday June 24, 9:00–11:00 AM Eastern Time… that’s 6:00AM for those of us on the West Coast of the USA. I will serve as a participant in the third

Dwight J. Friesen June 17, 2020November 8, 2022

Webinar: Shalom in a Time of Pandemic

URBAN SHALOM SOCIETY WEBINAR SERIES: Shalom in a Time of Pandemic: Glimpses of Regeneration In just a few short months the global novel coronavirus pandemic has racked the world with tragic human loss. Hundreds of thousands of people are dead

Dwight J. Friesen June 9, 2020May 12, 2022

Some Good News!

I’ve been loving John Krasinski’s “Some Good News” broadcasts, during the pandemic. I’ve posted a link to the first episode, but he’s posting at least one per week so there are more popping up all the time. Remember you’re not

Dwight J. Friesen May 5, 2020September 20, 2022

You are Here!

You are here! Actually your are there; I am here. This is amazing! This is real. Like no time in modern history – or least not since the inventions of the steam ship, the locative, the automobile, and the airplane

Dwight J. Friesen May 5, 2020September 26, 2022