pandemic
Preaching Holy Week in the middle of a pandemic—again
Usually it takes courage to preach Good Friday. This year, it will take courage to proclaim “He is risen!” on Easter morning.
The plot twist I wish Locked Down had
It’s a screwball comedy about pandemic life! Pandemic life without kids, that is.
Ecclesiastes has some things to say about COVID-19
The ancient wisdom text urges us to find joy in the limits of the present moment.
2020 has me thinking about how we experience time
Time ignores our every attempt to harness it.
Three ways to create sacred moments at home this Advent
In chaotic times, focus on routine, ritual, and simplicity.
Advent is a season of sighs, especially this year
We don’t pine for a second coming that will bring the world to an end. We pray for the indwelling of Christ that will enable the world to continue.
The COVID-19 pandemic shows that Trump simply isn’t governing
And it isn’t partisan to say that a president who can’t or won’t do his job should be replaced by one who can and will.
Our masks have unmasked us
There is a parable here of half-hidden faces, wounds, and a lack of love.
N. T. Wright and Walter Brueggemann look to the Bible for wisdom during the pandemic
They both resist easy answers to the problem of suffering.
Trump’s eviction moratorium doesn’t help tenants pay their rent or landlords pay their mortgages
A real solution would require a large infusion of cash.
Four ways faith leaders can shift to trauma-informed ministry
When everyone is traumatized, caregiving takes on new dimensions.
The pandemic didn’t make our food system vulnerable
It always has been—because vulnerability is part of creation.
The shape of liturgy when everything is changing
Even stones are constantly being transformed.
The practical wisdom that comes from a pandemic
The question “what are we for?” takes on new meaning these days.
What Christian hope looks like during a pandemic
Living into the desired new creation is our work—and God’s promise.
Maybe this really is a time of divine judgment
Amid pandemic and protest, will we turn to each other and live?
We need our screens right now. But what about later?
Ed Cyzewski’s prepandemic takedown of the digital formation of Christians is still surprisingly useful.
The coronavirus lockdown was doomed before the mass protests began
Its demise came from the same system that killed George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.
Why did Benny Gantz form a coalition government with Benjamin Netanyahu?
And will he regret it?
The additional violence of George Floyd’s autopsy report
It’s getting harder to believe in the vindication of history.