Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

H E B R E W S 1 1: 1

In the past few years, learning to live with Covid has been a world-wide experience. Politicians, leaders, journalists and educators have offered advice about how to survive the various outbreaks, lockdowns and restrictions, acknowledging that the effects of the pandemic will be with us for a long time.

Is there a particular Christian response? Does our Christian faith have anything to help us interpret the experiences and help us make sense of the pandemic? Does the witness of the first Christians teach us how to live in times of crisis?

Living with Covid is a series of weekly reflections, written for his local parish in Sydney, in which the author responded to what was happening in Australia during Covid - the occasions of hope, the false dawns, the changed life styles - to rediscover biblical teaching that would inform, sustain and encourage his readers to bring their living faith to help them live in hope and confidence in troubling times.