COVID-19 – WHO’S TO BLAME?
AMY BUTLER takes a Christian view of the Covid-19 blame game Should blame for the coronavirus be squarely cast at China's feet? That’s one relatively popular view. It seems to lie behind some appalling racist incidents in Australia. We want to blame someone. That...
CHRISTIANITY EVERYDAY SEMINARS – VIDEOS, PRESENTATIONS FROM THE VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
Here are a selection of resources from the first two Christianity Everyday Online seminars:JUNE 10 COVID-19 VIDEO EXPLAINER GS&C Christianity Everyday presenter PROFESSOR NALINI PATHER has produced this video to help us understand more about Covid-19. Click...
COVIDSafe: Contact tracing for the pandemic
On April 26th, the Australian Federal Government released COVIDSafe, a contact tracing App for smart phones. The App aims to help State and Territory health officials trace the contacts of people who test positive for COVID-19. It won’t replace the current manual...
MEDIA – HOW TO NAVIGATE TREACHEROUS WATERS
Covid-19 and bushfires have put the media into high relief as both old and new sources of information saturate us with news and views. In four blogs, PETER CHRISTOPHER, a journalist and media executive for 40 years, offers some insight into how to navigate what can be...
Marriage, Work and Covid-19
SHERYL SARKOEZY, the researcher and writer for GSC, is married to STEVE. Here are her reflections on working and living together in COVID ‘lockdown’. Steve has contributed to the reflections, as well as the experience! Like most couples we spend much of our week...
Prayer During The Pandemic
JOHN McCLEAN writes that prayer is a great way to love our world and care for friends.If you are like me, you have probably felt a bit helpless in the last few weeks. You may be feeling overwhelmed by the scale of the current pandemic, by the constant disturbing news...
Church and Meeting
Are we a church if we aren’t meeting? In the strange time of the COVID 19 pandemic, churches have suddenly stopped meeting, and are facing that as a continued pattern in the medium term. This raises a question with practical implications. JOHN McCLEAN writes. Are we a...
Coping with anxiety and fear
Anxiety and fear will be common reactions as cases of Covid-19 increase in coming days and weeks. This Gospel, Society and Culture article describes how our brains respond to crises and strategies to care for ourselves and others.
What homeschooling has taught me about kids and God
As parents around Australia consider the practicalities of what it could mean for schools to close and their children's education to continue under their own roofs, AMY BUTLER paused to reflect on the thing she treasures most about having her kids around...
Covid-19 and the Common Good
Our world is working out how to respond to the COVID-19 crisis. As we restrict our contact with one another, in order to stop the spread of the virus, what does it mean for Christians to seek the “common good” in our world? Our Committee Convener, John McClean,...