GoHealth Podcast

S1 Ep8: Sacramental Stories - Church in the age of Covid

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In this episode of the Go Health podcast Gillian chats with Professor John Stackhouse, he is a Canadian theologian, author, journalist and academic, and currently is the Professor of Religious Studies at Crandall University in Canada. 

Amongst many things, they discuss:

  • The two different responses of the church being distanced even further - that of social action and that of evangelism, the interior response and the material response - both styles of Christianity are under stress.
  • The identify loneliness and isolation as one of the greatest challenges from Covid.
  • Prof Stackhouse shares a theological understanding of the closeness of God.
  • They explore the context of suffering from Covid and the consequences in the wider context of many people already suffering regularly across the world.
  • The discuss the issues that Covid has brought to light including class differences and racism.
  • They consider the question of our time.
  • The suggest that a Christian life should be a healthy life.
  • They unpack vocational epistemology - ‘God will give us what we need to do the things we need to do.’
  • Prof. Stackhouse suggests the church needs to recover its priorities and set them in proper order.
  • He shares from his wife’s experience with chronic pain, how we can avoid letting pain or hurt becoming central in our lives.
  • They explore the healing potential of a cup of tea.
  • They consider what to be hopeful for and how the church might respond to Covid-19.
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