{"product_id":"healthy-faith-and-the-coronavirus-crisis-thriving-in-the-covid-19-pandemic-9781789742602","title":"Healthy Faith and the Coronavirus Crisis: Thriving in the Covid-19 Pandemic","description":"COVID-19 has transformed our everyday lives. It's as if another world has arrived in the blink of an eye. Yet life is not on pause. We still need to live. The pandemic, like any other time, is a moment both of opportunity as well as challenge.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHealthy Faith in the Coronavirus Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e is a briefing on how to thrive in a world of restrictions. Twenty leading Christian thinkers have come together to help you begin to navigate this strange reality. Each contributor writes on their area of expertise, and topics covered include prayer, loneliness, work, singleness, marriage, parenting, grief, death, imagination, conversations, humour, and much more. They offer practical advice as well as helpful perspective from Scripture. This is an essential resource for anyone looking to cultivate a healthy faith which infuses all areas of life during this disorienting time. \u003cb\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eSection One: \u003ci\u003e(re)orientation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e1. Orienting to the New Reality\u003c\/b\u003e (Luke Cawley) \u003cb\u003e2. Homecoming: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Art of Being Human (Kristi Mair)\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eSection Two: \u003ci\u003efragile life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e1. Viruses and God's Good Creation: \u003c\/b\u003eHow Do They Fit? (Paul Copan) \u003cb\u003e2. The Art of Dying Well: \u003c\/b\u003eReflections of a Christian Medic (John Wyatt) \u003cb\u003e3. Dancing with Uncertainty\u003c\/b\u003e Lessons from the Persecuted Church (Eddie Lyle) \u003cb\u003e4. Grief and Comfort\u003c\/b\u003e Understanding and Responding to the Experience of Loss (Richard Winter) \u003cb\u003e5. Navigating Loneliness\u003c\/b\u003e Why It Hurts and How We Can Respond (Ed Shaw) \u003cb\u003e6. Healthy Fear: \u003c\/b\u003eKeeping Calm and Considering Christ (Dan Strange)\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eSection Three: \u003ci\u003econnected life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e1. Stable Disruptions\u003c\/b\u003e Furlough, Unemployment, Front Line, and Our Constant Call (Ed Creedy) \u003cb\u003e2. Working in God's World\u003c\/b\u003e A Time for Recalibration\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e(Cal Bailey) \u003cb\u003e3. Connected Singleness\u003c\/b\u003e Distance Without Isolation (Kate Wharton) \u003cb\u003e4. The Shape of Marriage: \u003c\/b\u003eScriptural Principles (Dianne \u0026amp; Derek Tidball) \u003cb\u003e5. Communicating With Your Other Half: \u003c\/b\u003eTips from the Marriage Coaches (Juliet \u0026amp; Keith Johnson) \u003cb\u003e6. Parenting: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Opportunities of Being Trapped With Your Kids (Rachel Turner) \u003cb\u003eSection Four: \u003ci\u003egrowing life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e1. Church, Crisis and Creativity\u003c\/b\u003e A Chance for Revitalization (Krish Kandiah) \u003cb\u003e2. Prayer in Confinement\u003c\/b\u003e Postures and Practices for a Flourishing Faith (Jill Weber) \u003cb\u003e3. Encountering Scripture\u003c\/b\u003e Turning to the Psalms in Times of Trial (Matt Searles) \u003cb\u003e4. Viral Conversations\u003c\/b\u003e Extending the Hope of Jesus to Friends (Andy Bannister) \u003cb\u003e5. The Liberated Imagination\u003c\/b\u003e Realities Beyond Restrictions (Mark Meynell) \u003cb\u003e6. Infectious Laughter\u003c\/b\u003e Humour in an Age of Tragedy (Andy Kind)\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eafterword\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eGod With Us\u003c\/b\u003e A Paradigm for Life During the Pandemic (Tom Wright) \u003cb\u003eappendices\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e1. A Psalm in the Epidemic\u003c\/b\u003e Trust Triumphs Over Fear (Pablo Martinez) \u003cb\u003e2. How Hope \u0026amp; Patience Embrace Each Other: \u003c\/b\u003eA Reflection (Pablo Martinez) \u003cb\u003e3. Advice for Carers \u0026amp; Relatives\u003c\/b\u003e Practical, Medical, \u0026amp; Pastoral issues (John Wyatt) \u003cb\u003e4. Current legal framework for end-of-life decisions \u003c\/b\u003e(John Wyatt) \u003cb\u003e5. Sample Statement of Wishes and Values for a Christian Believer \u003c\/b\u003e(John Wyatt) \u003cb\u003e6. Safeguarding tips for churches \u003c\/b\u003e(Thirtyone: Eight) \u003cb\u003e7. Guidance for working and communication safely online \u003c\/b\u003e(Thirtyone: Eight) \u003cb\u003e8. 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