To me, this recent Covid related crisis has had a highly beneficial 'purifying' effect on organized religions and even on many of the approaches to 'spirituality'. What has become abundantly clear is that no person (or organization) has any supernatural powers that enable them to 'get things done for you' based on their special connect with God. It also discredited the thinking that if one gives to these organizations, God will repay you multiple times.
While this can be unsettling in some ways ('there is no way to force God to give you what you wanted), it also enables us to connect with God and do good things for the right reason. One should do good things (giving to the poor, helping others etc.) because that is the right thing to do and the reward is in the action itself (what it does to your spirit when you are able to extend yourself for others). Similarly, when you try to connect with God, it is to feel His presence and to be transformed by it (and not as some sort of 'fishing for God's favors' kind of action).
This no way implies that worshiping in a group, rituals, visiting an religious place or being in the presence of a 'guru' is meaningless. If these actions puts one in a better frame of mind (or in a better state of the soul), that helps one to tune into God's presence, these are highly beneficial. But, the essential interaction is between one and God. In the context of one's interaction with God, 'miracles' can happen. But, they are more of a case of beneficial 'side effects' of the 'divine spark in one' getting rekindled because of re-connecting with God! Hence, they are signs of grace, which by definition is 'not earned' and hence can't be forced!
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