1. Our Church Doors Are Shut and Our Members Quarantined. Yet Grace Abounds
Fear is not the enemy. But where our fear can lead us, that is cause for concern. Our fear can lead to a distortion of perception.
2. The Problem With Profit Motives in Health Care
We don’t have to guess at the damage that will be caused by financial barriers to care.
3. Charity Can’t Replace Social Safety Nets
The federal government is big, and it intervenes. The question is, for whom?
4. How to Talk to Your Aging Parent about COVID-19: A Thoughtful Approach to Conversations
Do consider long-term needs and challenges, but create a one-week plan — for safety, food, medicine, and other care — that can be adjusted as needed.
5. American Individualism vs. Loving Your Neighbor
“As a culture infused with the values of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, Americans value individualism and have a hard time understanding their role in community health measures.”
6. Plagues Expose the Foundations of Injustice
Before a plague, God always sends prophets, often sick and impoverished themselves, to tell the powerful to reject wickedness.
7. Migration and Living in a Purgatory of Injustice
Mexican American writers render their world — unrecognized and illegible — visible and legitimate.
8. The Catholic Worker Movement Finds New Life in Rural America
This younger crop of Catholic Workers is unquestionably interested in activism, but the issues they address are different from those of their predecessors.
9. Lessons from Medieval Responses to the Plague
In some cities, mistrust was widespread. In others, people came together across religious lines.
10. Loving Your Neighbor During a Pandemic, According to Kids
Christian ethicist Kate Ott collected drawings and quotes from children engaging in the topic of loving your neighbor during this health crisis. Here's what they had to say.
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