Dear Friends,It didn’t escape me that we posted Syd Hielema’s essay on the church in 2047 during a week in which much of North America was covered by a massive storm. The storm is yet another salvo in the ongoing barrage of climate events happening around (and to) us. Syd’s article takes climate devastation into account, maybe so much so that some could miss his hopeful vision of how the church might endure through coming crises. I felt like Syd’s article is one of the most important we’ve published, and hope you’ve taken the time not just to read it but to think deeply about it.