A database for comparative study
Dear Friends,
We begin with thanks for the extraordinary leadership you are all providing amidst the unprecedented challenge of this pandemic. As clergy, educators, staff, and lay leaders, you have offered safety, wisdom, assurance, and compass to your communities when they need it most.… Read the rest
Rav Hershel Schachter, Rabbi Isaac Elhanan Theological Seminary
… Read the restRav Hershel Schachter, Rabbi Isaac Elhanan Theological Seminary
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We now know that most of us will not be able to remember and celebrate Holy Week with the same traditions, gatherings, and events that we look forward to every year. Typically, many churches pray that God will use this week to draw people in so we can share with them the good news of God’s grace and salvation.… Read the rest
A word to the Church regarding the theology of worship during the COVID-19 pandemic from the Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church:
March 31, 2020
John Donne, Priest, 1631
Dear Friends in Christ Jesus,
We find ourselves in the strange position of fasting from physical gathering for worship of almighty God, not out of sloth or disobedience, but in obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ, for whom the primacy of love for God and neighbor is the way of life.… Read the rest
Most Rev. Anthony Fisher, Archdiocese of Sydney: Latest Restrictions in Response to COVID-19 (March 30, 2020)… Read the rest
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted communities around the world, including those in Indian Country. We are watching it unfold day after day – health systems, economies and industries are in various states of unraveling, crashing or being over-run and quarantines are becoming commonplace as nations attempt to contain the “invisible enemy.”… Read the rest
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#StayAtHomeSaveLives
The current NHS advice is that as individual we should stop non-essential contact (including shaking hands, hugging, kissing) and if we go outside, to keep more than 2 metres (3 steps) apart from others.… Read the rest
