Hope Beyond Pandemic

Our lives have been disrupted by a pandemic but at some point we will find a new normal. What will we do then? Better what should we do then?Bruce Epperly has been writing while living through this time as a pastor teacher author and grandparent. He provided some lessons for a hopeful fulfilling life during the pandemic in his book Faith in a Time of Pandemic. In this book he goes beyond that time to look at what these experiences should challenge us to do. How can we live better in the world.Fearlessly but gently he takes on issues of injustice intolerance inequality in society and discusses how the interdependence we have found during this time needs to be lived out in our society as a whole. His solutions are spiritual social and yes political. Each chapter of the book includes a section titled Hopeful Activism with suggestions on what to do about the issues discussed a section on spirituality and a prayer--one that is challenging to pray!This book is suitable for individual reading but it will find its greatest value as a small group or churchwide study or perhaps as a hopeful forward looking study to do together online while we continue in social distancing.