Hi, my name is Pete Scuzaro. I want to welcome you today to the emotionally healthy leader

podcast. I'm going to simply entitle this leading through loss during the coronavirus pandemic.

Leading through loss during the coronavirus pandemic. Just so you know, I actually recorded a different podcast yesterday,

but after I finished it, it didn't feel real. It didn't feel right. Part of it was spouting

truths. It was really on the book of Revelation,

Jesus being on the throne and the message of Revelation and all true and good stuff. However,

I realized it wasn't where I was at internally at this point. And so God came to me about it and

said, that's not it.

And so right now the coronavirus is raging, spreading around the world, changing people's lives, disrupting countries, and, of course, churches.

And so the question I just asked myself and I've been asking myself is, God, how are you coming in the midst of this disruption? And I started making a list of everything from obviously to church is not about crowds and numbers.

We've got to build differently how we do churches, slowing down, serving the most vulnerable,

etc., etc.

And I was just very interesting how, as I began to make this list here about what's happening,

I wrote about my own loss.

I realize I'm in grief and loss and a bit of confusion.

I'm feeling.

I wrote, what am I feeling?

I said, I'm right my feelings out.

I'm feeling numb.

I'm feeling shock.

I'm feeling disoriented, slightly depressed.

I'm looking for my grounding. I've lost

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