God vs. the Flu

I woke up this morning to the newspaper headline "Health Officials Suggest Avoiding Large Events."

I was instantly thankful that it wasn't November 1 and we were 4 days away from hosting 2500 people for our LeadNow and Fusion events. What would we do?

On one hand I understand the "resistance opinion" that says that the media is over- reacting to the swine flu and that we all make a big deal about nothing. Part of this opinion could include the idea that God is bigger than the flu. We shouldn't let the media scare us from going to church or attending events or alter the normal course of our day.

On the other hand, there have been school closings in all the districts around us. My thee kids have all been sick this week (thankfully just a respiratory infection) and so we have canceled plans to attend a family gathering, a weekend camping expedition and most likely church on Sunday. It's common sense if they are sick to not expose their sickness to others and not expose my already weakened kids to other potential viruses. Isn't it just wise to play it safe?

So back to LeadNow and Fusion. What would we do if it was November 1 and the headline read "Health Officials Suggest Avoiding Large Events." I have a feeling there would a prevailing attitude around here of "the show must go on." But what if people started calling in asking for money back? What if some of our speakers like Donald Miller, Francis Chan or Mark Batterson said they decided not to come? Our ministry couldn't afford to just write it all off and give everyone the money back. Too much would have already been invested.

Would it be foolish to cancel or irresponsible to continue?