All Covid-19 articles
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Real Life'God told me to home educate my child' - why one Christian parent joined the growing ranks of home schoolers
The number of children being educated at home has risen by 75% this academic year, with "Covid anxiety" being listed among the reasons. Megan Wilkie, who recently took her daughter out of school, tells us about the highs and lows of being a Christian home educator
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Opinion
Nicky Gumbel: Coming out of the pandemic there's nothing I want more than to hear the roar of Jesus
After the last pandemic, the West experienced a period of economic prosperity and innovation. What will follow Covid-19? Nicky Gumbel is longing to hear the roar of the Lion of the tribe of Judah
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Magazine Features
3 ways to choose joy when your world is turned upside down
If the past year has taught us anything, it’s that change is unavoidable. Sarah Yardley shares her top tips on choosing joy regardless
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Opinion
The world is changing. But Christians have the resources to cope
Our post-Covid world may never be the same, says Tim Farron
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Opinion
Covid has led to a rise of interest in contacting the dead. Here’s why its so dangerous
Rev Jayne Irlam from the Baptist Deliverance Study Group shares her experiences of ministering to people previously involved in occult practices
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Real Life
What is a 'naked wedding' and why should Christians have one?
An estimated 127,000 weddings were cancelled last year, as couples chose to postpone their nuptials in the face of ever-tightening Covid-19 restrictions. But speaking ahead of National Marriage Week, Charlie and Emily explain how their Christian faith inspired them to go ahead with their special day
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Magazine Features
Reimagining Britain: God’s vision for a post-pandemic world
The Archbishop of Canterbury says we have an unprecedented opportunity to build a global community that reflects God’s heart for the poor and respects our planet. But real change will require courage – from all of us
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Magazine Features
How to thrive in adversity
Having lived with a degenerative condition for years, Patrick Regan has grappled with physical and emotional pain. Here he shares lessons in resilience he has learned personally, as well as gems shared by Anne Frank’s stepsister, Eva Schloss, former hostage Terry Waite and retired police commander John Sutherland
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Real Life
How an answered prayer led this Christian businessman to deliver 2 million items of PPE
24-year-old business owner Josh Parker wanted to help the national effort to stop the virus, but he didn’t know how. So he asked God. Within weeks, an unexpected phone call led to him partnering with the NHS to deliver 2 million PPE gowns
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Opinion
5 ways the European Church will change post Covid-19
Rich Martin articulates some of the ‘new things’ he believes the Church will move into once we are fully out of lockdown.
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Interviews
Tim Hughes: How Covid-19 is changing the way we worship
The songwriter says it's time to kill our "obsession with excellence"
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Magazine Features
Why Covid-19 is NOT God's judgement
Premier Christianity's resident Bible scholar David Instone-Brewer explains why he believes this pandemic is not a sign of God's anger
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Opinion
The Covid 'divorce boom' is a myth. Most couples will weather the storm
Recent media reports suggest Covid and the associated lockdowns are set to cause a large spike in the number of divorces. But Harry Benson from the Marriage Foundation is sceptical
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Opinion
Why the Covid-19 vaccine won’t save us
A vaccine is the beginning, not the end of what needs to be done, say Mario A. Russo and Jonty Langley
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Opinion
Why Christians need to say 'yes!' to a Covid vaccine
The UK has become the first nation to approve a Covid vaccine. But how can vaccines be safe, when they have been produced so quickly? Could they make you infertile? And haven't they been developed using cells from abortions? Immunologist and ordained minister in the Church of England Jocelyn Downey responds to the concerns he's seen on social media
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Magazine Features
Our official 2020 round up...without mentioning Covid-19
We set our news editor the challenge of rounding up 2020 without mentioning you-know-what. Here’s how he got on
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Opinion
I spoke to 80 Christians about their response to Covid. Here's what I discovered
Rev Dr Roger P. Abbott has been researching how Christians have coped in 2020. While pleased that fellow believers have largely resisted fear, he believes the pandemic proves we need to take our relationship with the natural world more seriously
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Opinion
Covid-19 is shifting the spiritual atmosphere
Following an in-depth survey into church activity during the pandemic, Peter Lynas from the Evangelical Alliance says there are positive signs that online church is attracting people who wouldn’t usually come to in-person services
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Opinion
Some Christians are sceptical of science. But Covid-19 is a challenge we must face together
The pandemic offers Christians an opportunity to embrace the gift of science, argue Professor Tom McLeish and Dr Anne Richards
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Magazine Features
The Shadow Pandemic: domestic violence and the Church during Covid-19
The coronavirus crisis has led to a substantial global rise in violence against women. While the Church hasn’t always been a safe place for survivors of domestic abuse, it now has an opportunity to be a light in these dark times. Megan Cornwell investigates
