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Why God Matters

  • When this is the content of Christian speech during crises—#selfcare and #medicalprofessionals—God isn’t adding anything to our lives, or to our ability to cope with challenging times. During pandemics you don’t really need God. All you need is science and self-care.
  • But a pressing challenge for pastors is to boldly articulate for your congregation why God matters independently of social work. My point in all this, again, is that Christians and churches need to articulate why God matters, beyond science, self-care, and social work. This, I think, is the theological labor of our time.