Can we take a break and do something just for fun? Actually, not just for fun – for encouragement, too.

The Rev. Lonnie Lacy, an Episcopal priest in Tifton, Georgia, wrote and performed a parody of a song from Hamilton. It’s about one day we will be back in church, singing hymns, receiving communion, and seeing friends. If you don’t have a sense of humor, don’t watch it! His church might not look like your church, and he might not dress and act like your pastor, but he just wanted to get this message out there:

What I have discovered is there is such a hunger to be back together. The video is a little humorous word of hope, a promise that God is going to get us through this. There is going to be another side of this, and we will get back together. The Rev. Lonnie Lacy, reported in Episcopal News Service

“God is going to get us through this…” reminds me of my mother’s favorite verse fragment:

It came to pass… And so will COVID.