COVID-19 has hindered missions as the world continues to experience chaos. It is easy to become disoriented and dismayed like the disciples in the storm-tossed boat beside the sleeping Jesus. A 30000ft view can help us appreciate God’s choreography in the chaos and calm our fears with faith.
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In the current crisis it can be too easy to overlook health dangers in pursuit of the benefits of ‘opening up’. The economic advantages are understandable, especially for impoverished environments. However, Jesus-followers are called to a different, patient, missional pace—rest, not rush.
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Friedman proved that peripheral ideas can become mainstream if acted on as solutions to a crisis. We have an opportunity to shift the conversation about the meaning (and therefore practice) of missions for a new era, from superficial expansion to common-unity commitment.
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For all the emphasis on better sustainability of natural resources emerging in the rupture of the COVID-19 pandemic, Christians should be leading the way in Creation Care. But it will not do to base it on oughts and shoulds. We have a compelling reason to do so and it is deeply spiritual.
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There is a false narrative going around that during COVID-19 we’re all in the same boat. We are not. We are in the same storm, but different boats. We need to stop playing the victim, hiding behind conspiracy theories, but instead acknowledge the inequities and seek to right them. Jesus would.
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