Opinion

• Rita Wilson's 'Quarantunes' and a 'Prayer for a Pandemic': Reframing Sacrifice as Service One of the ways God wants to redeem this crisis is by showing us how much we need him. But the Lord also wants to redeem it by showing us how much we need each other. It is difficult to make sacrifices that don’t seem necessary... Mar 16, 2020

  

  Rita Wilson's 'Quarantunes' and a 'Prayer for a Pandemic': Reframing Sacrifice as Service
• C. S. Lewis and the Coronavirus C.S. Lewis once said that we should read three old books for every new one. I think we should read three C.S. Lewis books for every new one. He never faced the coronavirus, of course, but in the late 1940s, the world was coming... Mar 13, 2020

  

  C. S. Lewis and the Coronavirus
• Friday the 13th and Fear of Coronavirus: The Positive Mindset I Hope We'll Adopt One psychologist notes, “Fear influences how we react to media coverage of health hazards.” In times of anxiety, we tend to pay more attention to threat-related information, which drives up our anxiety and distress. Mar 13, 2020

  

  Friday the 13th and Fear of Coronavirus: The Positive Mindset I Hope We'll Adopt
• 2 Reasons Why Healthcare Sharing Is Popular among Christians As Christians, who have been instructed to help their brothers and sisters in times like this, it is crucial that we heed this call. But, how can we know when one of our brothers and sisters is in need? Mar 13, 2020

  2 Reasons Why Healthcare Sharing Is Popular among Christians
• Asia Bibi, the Nigerian Elders, and the Radical Nature of Christian Forgiveness In a recent interview with the BBC, Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian who spent eight years waiting for execution on a trumped-up charge of blasphemy, recalled her mistreatment. She described how much of sham her “trial” was,... Mar 12, 2020

  Asia Bibi, the Nigerian Elders, and the Radical Nature of Christian Forgiveness
• Tom Hanks Has Coronavirus, NBA Suspends Its Season: The Power of Community in a Day of Isolation Life is changing with travel between the U.S. and Europe being suspended, colleges closing, and businesses have employees work remotely all as the result of what WHO is now calling the global pandemic that is the Coronavirus. Mar 12, 2020

  Tom Hanks Has Coronavirus, NBA Suspends Its Season: The Power of Community in a Day of Isolation
• The Freedom That Comes from Forgiveness Many of us struggle while trying to carry the weight of our burdens -- burdens we could put down if we wanted to, but endlessly struggle nonetheless. Mar 11, 2020

  The Freedom That Comes from Forgiveness
• The Isolation of the Elderly The loneliness epidemic has had its effect on many different groups of people, but perhaps more prominently, it has plagued the elderly community. One U.K. study suggests that loneliness in elders can lead to an early death. Mar 11, 2020

  The Isolation of the Elderly
• Guarding Racks of Toilet Paper: The Allure of Self-Reliant Control and the Power of Trusting God Psychologists explain that people resort to extremes in times of panic. This seems to be precisely how people are reacting to the spreading coronavirus. Mar 11, 2020

  Guarding Racks of Toilet Paper: The Allure of Self-Reliant Control and the Power of Trusting God
• The Supreme Court to Rule on Abortion Regulations in Louisiana Last week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the most important abortion case since Whole Woman’s Health vs. Hellerstedt. Mar 10, 2020

  The Supreme Court to Rule on Abortion Regulations in Louisiana