by Jessica Brodie
Jessica Brodie is an award-winning journalist, author, blogger, editor, and devotional writer with thousands of articles to her name. She is the editor of the South Carolina United Methodist Advocate, the oldest newspaper in Methodism, which has won 116 journalism awards during her tenure. She is actively seeking publication for her fiction. Her novel, The Memory Garden, won the 2018 Genesis Award for Contemporary Fiction from the American Christian Fiction Writers. Her follow-up novel Tangled Roots won a third place Foundation Award in Contemporary Romance at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference in 2019. Married, Brodie has four preteen children and stepchildren and lives outside Columbia, South Carolina.
FAITH ON EVERY CORNER
The coronavirus has made life as we know it very different right now. Instead of a boredom driven, want-based, shop-till-you-drop, pleasure-focused existence—or one utterly consumed by the endless monotony of work and sheer busyness—most of us are now in a season of quiet contemplation and social isolation. Confined to the home and forced to steer clear of crowded gatherings, stores, and face-to-face interaction, some people are finding themselves with far too much time on their hands and choose to fill it by binge-watching Netflix, obsessively cleaning the house, finally starting that YouTube channel, or spending hours on social media. Others are going more introspective, taking time to reflect on who they are, what life is truly about, what they wish for the future, and where God is calling them. It remains to be seen whether this is a short-term halt to “Society As We Know It.” In our community, schools and church gatherings are closed until the end of April, but who knows? This all might well extend into May, or beyond.
