COVID-19

“Hindsight’s 20-20,” said Hegelund. “I think a lot of churches, if they had known that they were planning to shut us down, basically permanently, we would have never gone along with it. It wasn’t really about helping out the hospitals. It was about something else.”

Here is a look back at 10 of our favorite stories of people finding ways to make a difference, no matter how small:

While COVID has resulted in unprecedented circumstances for this holiday season, faith communities are still finding meaningful points of connection within the community.

Though the year was fraught with civil unrest, scandals and politics, COVID-19 remained as pervasive in the 2020 Religion News Association Top 10 Religion Stories and Newsmaker of the Year Poll as it was in daily public life.

Two groups recently made “Home for the Holidays” carry new meaning for first time home owners in Spokane, but many hurdles stood in the way, including the COVID-19 pandemic.

With kids and the internet involved, virtual pageants, it turns out, are just as delightfully unpredictable as more traditional performances at churches.