“However, the commandments do include the second of what are known as the greatest commandments: ‘. . . love thy neighbor.’ Christ Church members and their far-right-wing buddies from elsewhere need to start chanting that commandment — visibly, by wearing masks. Meantime, the rest of us will have to try to keep our distance from likely participants in past and future super-spreader Christ Church events; that is, from the most uncaring and riskiest people in town to be around.” —Borg Hendrickson Continue reading →

“Oh, stop it now, Pastor Wilson. Because we are a free people, the government and its police force can’t tell us what to wear? If I were to present myself, naked, at the doors of Christ Church, seeking to participate in the worship service, I suspect you would rebuff me. And if I were to persist, I expect that you would call the cops. Because in this country, the government cops do tell the ‘free’ people what body parts they will cover. Which leaves me wondering, what is the design behind your outwardly silly-seeming theatrical behavior against a mandate to wear facial coverings during a global infection that is transmitted by droplets/aerosols? Is it to keep your flock together, by identifying with the early, persecuted church? Are the cohesive factors so weak that the public drama is needed?” —Wiley Hollingsworth Continue reading →