This is a scary time. It is OK to be afraid. It is OK to be vulnerable. Whatever this virus is, it is forcing how we see the world to change, for both good and ill.

I am a reader of the Scriptures. I hope that alongside reading them, that I wrestle and interpret them too. Thus the Psalm set for this morning is Psalm 9. Readings are set for each day for churches that follow a lectionary.

It begins: I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.

It appears to clash with all that is going around us, in the light of a virus that is forcing the most social of beings (humans) to isolate and keep our distance.

Then again, the Bible has for me always been a source of challenge and critique. In the days that lie ahead. I will reflect a little each day on what this means for me in this context.

St Patrick’s Day 2020