Loaded Breakfast Sandwiches with Fennel Herb

Sausage Patties
 4 large plum tomatoes, sliced 1/2" thickfr 1f
 Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
 2 tbsp. unsalted butter
 6 large eggs
 Mayonnaise, for serving
 8 slices Texas toast-style bread, toasted
 fennel herb sausage patties
 fresh flat-leaf parsley, for serving

Fennel Herb Sausage Patties

 1/2 lb. ground pork
 1 garlic clove, chopped
 1 tbsp. chopped fresh parsley
 1 tbsp. chopped fresh chives
 1/2 tsp. fennel seeds, crushed
 1/8 tsp. red pepper flakes
 Kosher salt
 Cooking spray

PROCEDURES:

1. For the Fennel Herb Sausage Patties: Stir together pork, garlic,
parsley, chives, fennel seeds, red pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a bowl.
Cover and chill for at least 15 minutes and up to one day.
2. Form sausage mixture into four 3 1/2-inch patties. Heat a large
nonstick skillet over medium-high heat; lightly grease. Cook patties until
gold brown and cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Drain on paper
towels.
3. To make the sandwiches: Heat broiler to high. Line a rimmed baking
sheet with foil; fit with a rack and lightly grease rack. Place tomatoes, in a
single layer, on rack. Season with salt and pepper. Break yolks with a
rubber spatula. Cook, stirring every 15 seconds, until soft curds form, 3 to 4
minutes.
4. Spread mayonnaise on 4 slices of toast. Top with eggs, tomatoes,
sausage patties, and parsley dividing evenly. Top with remaining toast.
The COVID-19 challenge is unprecedented. It has caused enormous trauma, disrupted
economies, social life, mass transportation, work and employment, supply chains, leisure, sport,
international relations, academic programmes; literally everything. Churches and religious
communities have not been spared; they have been severely affected and, in all likelihood,
permanently transformed by the pandemic. The pre-COVID-19 world is gone, replaced by a
‘new normal’. The new landscape calls for both resilience and adaptation, embracing new ways
of doing things and of being church. Churches have to adapt; they have to ask themselves
questions about the implications for being church in this ‘new normal’ context. This article aims
to explore the impact of the coronavirus on the mission and theology of the church.

The closure of churches during the COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown has forced
Christian churches to ‘do’ church differently and to re-imagine the future of the
church. For a long time many churches have resisted change and spoke against
considering or even implementing different ideas of ‘being’ church today. The quest
has been to maintain the traditional beliefs and ways of maintaining the practice of
churches. And yet the pandemic is radically altering every aspect of life as we know
it, presenting a threat to long-established and cherished patterns but also offering
opportunities for significant, life-affirming change.

The quest for change in the church is not a new exploration. In fact it has been with
us since time immemorial. Before we explore how the pandemic has impacted on the
life, work, mission and theology of the church, we shall attempt to briefly illustrate the
cry for change in how we should be church in different times.