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I Could Have Zoomed All Night — My Thursday Triathlon
A while back, I received an email from an old friend who wrote, “Fifty days ago I had never heard of Zoom. Now I’m using it most days to see and speak with the collegiate staff around the state, which makes me look forward to in person meetings!”
Due to the quarantine, I think many of us find ourselves in the same position. In my case I recently experienced a Zoom Triathlon, a full day of Zoom meetings, and I will complete this Triathlon every two weeks for the near future.
The church my wife, Barbara, and I attend encourages us to go to not only our Sunday service but also to interact with other members during the week. So typically, I have breakfast every Thursday morning at a local diner with seven other guys to discuss a book. Normally, we rotate between an actual book of the Bible — like Daniel or Revelation — or a book somehow connected to Christianity. Currently, we are reading Chuck Colson’s book from 20 years ago — How Now Shall We Live? — a book about how to take our beliefs out into the community and the world.
When our diner closed in late March due to the virus, we simply skipped a week or two before one of our members suggested a Zoom gathering, and we’ve been Zooming every week since then.
