Archive for tag: vaccines

Archive pour tag : vaccines

I’m nervous about presenting non-orthodox views about COVID. Some of my mandate-abiding friends will look askance.

“Yes, but … ,” they will say, then demarcate limits of tolerance.

Rigidity was a spiritual variant of COVID. Questions became unwelcome. A singularity of narrative prevailed, spawning a minority reaction.

Friendships withered. Families ruptured. Churches bled members.

The pandemic changed the complexion of society. At this point, can we talk constructively across the lingering divide? Can we find middle ground? Do we even want to? And what of the humble Beatitudes?
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Posted: Oct. 26, 2022 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=12721
Categories: News, OpinionIn this article: COVID, Mennonite, pandemic, vaccines
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COVID-19 continues to circulate in our communities and may surge again this fall as people return to more indoor activities with others. Vaccination remains one of the most effective ways to protect against serious illness, hospitalization and death from COVID-19, and also help protect our healthcare system. That’s why it’s important for everyone, including children, to stay up to date with their COVID-19 vaccines, by receiving all doses recommended for them.
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Posted: Oct. 14, 2022 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=12590
Categories: ResourcesIn this article: COVID, pandemic, vaccines
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Caleb Brown was a lead organizer of the Freedom Convoy protest outside the Manitoba legislative building last winter. I asked how he responds to people who dismiss all protesters as white nationalists. I asked how he felt about people who drove by and gave him the finger, as one of my friends did.
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Posted: Oct. 12, 2022 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=12604
Categories: News, OpinionIn this article: COVID, Mennonite, pandemic, vaccines
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I knew I would eventually have to interview my neighbours who staunchly resisted COVID-19 mandates and proudly supported the Ottawa trucker convoy. Actually I have many such neighbours. But it took a year of working through my pandemic enmity until I was ready to listen to them.
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Posted: Sept. 28, 2022 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=12602
Categories: News, OpinionIn this article: COVID, Mennonite, pandemic, vaccines
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Catégorie : News, OpinionDans cet article : COVID, Mennonite, pandemic, vaccines