{"id":1319640,"date":"2020-04-26T19:20:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T01:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=995959"},"modified":"2020-04-26T19:20:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T01:20:00","slug":"covid-diaries-grace-and-patience-amid-a-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/covid-diaries-grace-and-patience-amid-a-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID Diaries: Grace and patience amid a pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"758\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/John-Stroud-_-Post-Independent-1-1024x758.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/John-Stroud-_-Post-Independent-1-1024x758.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/John-Stroud-_-Post-Independent-1-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/John-Stroud-_-Post-Independent-1-768x568.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/John-Stroud-_-Post-Independent-1-1536x1137.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/John-Stroud-_-Post-Independent-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>Pastor Daniel Self observes one of the day\u2019s events in Carbondale, the LIFT-UP food distribution outside the Third Street Center.<\/strong><br \/><em>John Stroud \/ Post Independent 1<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s note: This is one of three vignettes highlighting individual Garfield County residents as part of the statewide COVID Diaries project.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It was a lazier start to the day than usual for Pastor Daniel Self\u2019s family.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At 11:07 a.m., with 4-year-old daughter Selah on his shoulder, the lead pastor for The Orchard in Carbondale noted Colorado\u2019s \u201cbipolar\u201d spring weather.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s 65 and sunny one day, and you can at least get outside for a bike ride or a hike.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row gspi-donation gspi-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/PI-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/PI-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>But April 16 wasn\u2019t a good day for bike rides, with sleet and snow taking turns giving the Roaring Fork Valley a case of the chills.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDays like this are a little bit harder as we shelter with people,\u201d Daniel Self said. \u201c\u2026 it takes a lot of grace and a lot of patience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The morning included a flash-card school lesson between his wife, Amy, and son Elijah, who\u2019s 7. After lunch, the kids watch a video, while the parents get some time to themselves.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"p402_hide\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/Diaries1-gpi-042720-1024x842.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-995990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/Diaries1-gpi-042720-1024x842.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/Diaries1-gpi-042720-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/Diaries1-gpi-042720-768x632.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/Diaries1-gpi-042720-1536x1263.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/Diaries1-gpi-042720.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>Daniel Self prepares for a little \u201cself time\u201d after getting his daughter, Selah, 4, set up with a video.<\/strong><br \/><em>Diaries1-gpi-042720<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Since Colorado began limiting large gatherings to slow the spread of COVID-19, Self has been pastoring from a chair in the corner of his bedroom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI lead prayer meetings from here, do counseling, Facetime with people \u2026 faith transcends circumstance, and people are finding faith and reengaging from their bedrooms and kitchens in the midst of crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><\/figure>\n<p>A little before 2 p.m., Self drove into town. He grew up in Carbondale, where his father founded the church his son now leads.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Self notes the shuttered storefronts on Main Street. Around the corner, cars were lined up for five blocks as their occupants waited for the twice-weekly food distribution offered by LIFT-UP, an interfaith relief agency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCrisis is clarifying,\u201d Self observed. \u201cThere\u2019s this incredible difference of experience people are having through COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Around 9 p.m., Self Facetimes with friends for a \u201cpandemic pub,\u201d something they do almost every evening. They share a beer and talk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen there\u2019s uncertainty, there\u2019s fear. So, the first thing is to partner with faith over fear. I also choose to partner with peace over panic \u2026 and with wisdom over worry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"mailto:jstroud@postindependent.com\">jstroud@postindependent.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/covid-diaries-grace-and-patience-amid-a-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pastor Daniel Self observes one of the day\u2019s events in Carbondale, the LIFT-UP food distribution outside the Third Street Center.John Stroud \/ Post Independent 1 Editor\u2019s note: This is one of three vignettes highlighting individual Garfield County residents as part of the statewide COVID Diaries project. It was a lazier start to the day than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1319640","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-06 13:39:40","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1319640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319640\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1319640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1319640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1319640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}