A medical mission turned “Mission Impossible” when a Baptist couple from Houston tried to leave Peru as it closed its borders to combat COVID-19. “It was absolute, utter chaos,” Ruth Campos, 74, said of the scenes around Lima and its…
Quarantine confession: eating ice cream and longing for the gym | #intimeslikethese
Although I’m not quite ready to repent of it, I see that I’ve become one of those people who sees the world only through what suits me and my wants.
Empty pews just the beginning of coronavirus impact on churches, those they serve | #intimeslikethese
Behind every canceled church gathering in the age of the novel coronavirus is likely to be a faithful-though-frazzled pastor. Their stress emanates from having to decide between the physical and spiritual health of the congregation they serve.
Making wise and courageous choices amid the best and worst of times | #intimeslikethese
While we are in no way beset by all that Dickens’ time portended, we have some choices about how to live in our own time.
As COVID-19 spreads, Millennial bashing and other blaming is unhelpful and un-Christlike
Millennial Christians, let’s not be reckless about potentially putting others at risk. Older Christians, please don’t assume that young people are being selfish and uncaring before you understand their circumstances.
An urgent appeal to my fellow ministers and other religious leaders: Suspend all public gatherings NOW
These are troubled times, but our faith and our traditions have prepared us for this work. This is the time to believe – and live into – our message.
Coronavirus ripples turn to waves for faith-based groups
“Event participants who show any cold or flu symptoms will be asked to go home, and the area they were occupying should immediately be disinfected.”
Church and the coronavirus: practicing compassion and care even as we take precautions
I hope churches and other faith communities will find ways to celebrate the call to care for one another, even in – perhaps especially in – times of planetary peril.
How not-so-random acts of kindness from strangers transformed my latest air travel odyssey
“God has got this,” the attendant in the airport travelers’ lounge said. Indeed.