So here I am, a Virtual Reality Church doubter, now spear heading a Virtual Reality Church (who says God doesn’t have a sense of humor?). A couple of weeks into being a Virtual Reality pastor, one of our IRL (in real life) church members asked me what I enjoyed most about doing church in VR. I hadn’t really put much thought to that at this point, but I loved his question. I thought about it for a second, and I told him, “I get the opportunity to be an international missionary all from the basement of my house.”

For over a year now, I have been leading a church in Virtual Reality as a campus pastor for our IRL (in real life) church, and I know that, for many people, the idea of virtual reality church is..

Have you ever wondered why there are so many churches? I mean, if we are all supposed to be on the same mission, to make disciples of all peoples, why does it seem like there is one on every street..

Social media and news stations are saturated with images of unrest, protest, and violence. Destruction and death seem to top the headlines of every post. And in every social media feed: hate speech, heated arguments, and (here’s that word again) division.

Churches have possibly benefited the most from this pandemic…In the past couple of weeks, churches have been “forced” to shut their doors for the purpose of limiting mass gatherings of people in an effort to slow down the spread of COVID-19. This has caused nearly all churches to conduct their weekly services via live-stream, as well as forced churches to get creative with how they will stay connected with their congregation in a time of social distancing.

Next generational leaders, I can’t stress this enough: now is not the time to sit around twiddling your thumbs waiting for the pandemic to end and life to get back to “normal.” Satan hasn’t shut down his attack methods on destroying families, which means we have to be all the more intentional with the time that we have. Now is the time to make an impact on families that will ripple through time. Now is the time to leave a legacy that out lives your life.