"The great rethink that COVID-19 is requiring of us is going to change the church forever, for bells are ringing that cannot be unrung. One of those bells is the realization on the part of faith communities that they have a much bigger toolbox than they realized for carrying out the 'it' that is church."

by Sarah Birmingham Drummond

from We Shall Be Changed: Questions for the Post Pandemic Church, Mark Eddington, Ed.

Three qualities of church that will be important in our next phase of how to be together are:

• attention to mission
• nimbleness
• inclusion