I& #39;ve now heard multiple NPR stories about drive-in church services, and setting aside my self-centered "WHAT IF YOU LIVE IN A CITY" thoughts, I& #39;ve been struck by the lack of attention to all the people everywhere who can& #39;t drive—many of them the most vulnerable and isolated.

One of the interviews that& #39;s stuck with me the most in the past month was with an Orthodox rabbi, at a loss for what to do on the Sabbath—they cannot do a Zoom service, of course. He talked about his elderly, isolated congregants who rely on services to anchor them to humanity.

I& #39;ve been really struck by a lack of empathy from some areligious people on my feeds in the past few weeks about what cutting off services means for so many people. I& #39;ve seen church sneeringly called "a book club."

You don& #39;t have to have a personal relationship w/ organized religion to understand what a role these services play in the lives of so many people. I& #39;m v glad so many religious authorities have wholesale canceled IRL services. But I& #39;m thinking a lot about where that leaves people.