Faith Resources for Communities in Pandemic

This is a web page of resources that I am collecting as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds. Click here to get back to the index.

Research projects

• CONTOC
• Heidi Campbell’s edited e-books
• Digital Tech in Churches project
• big research project Exploring the Pandemic Impact on Congregations

Resources for communities of faith

• How to lead when your team is exhausted … and you are, too
• A lecture I gave back in October, at Boston College, which now feels even more relevant. I titled it “Finding faith in the maelstrom: Storytelling as a source of hope,” and the slides for the lecture are also available.
• Trauma-informed ministry (a handout from the APCE conference by Rebecca Davis)
• Trauma-informed tools for youth camping ministry
• Trauma-informed priorities for adult Christian formation
• HDS’ list of resources
• Pope Francis’ Urbi et Orbi address on coronavirus and Jesus calming the storm
• Resources curated by the Samuel DeWitt Proctor conference
• Resources curated by Reconciling Works (welcoming LGBTQIA+ persons)
• Public domain hymn accompaniments and lots more sources to find music you can use digitally
• Cloud hymnal (resources free to use)
• Shades of Yale (an acapella singing group) singing “Amen”
• A blessing of the devices as an alternative this year to “blessing of the backpacks”
• “Skeleton key, lockdown edition” (Dessa with the MN Symphony Orchestra)
• The Easter Triduum, prepared by Dan Schutte and NCR
• The UK Blessing (churches all over the UK sing a benediction together)
• The pandemic will pass. Our grief will endure.
• Mourning collective loss, grief in a time of pandemic
• Patterns of pain: What the COVID-19 virus can teach us about being human
• Living with pre-grief in a pandemic
• Susan Thistlethwaite on living with grief
• Discernment in the cave (an Ignatian digital retreat for a time of pandemic)
• Quick “how-to” videos for formation
• An Ignatian examen (in both English and Spanish)
• LitPress resource available for free during this time
• A SALT Project free printable helping families with self-care at home during a pandemic
• A statement from the World Council of Churches and their ecumenical partners
• Resources from the Ignatian Solidarity Network (emphasizing social justice)
• Jesuit prayers for this time
• Principles for online ritual design
• My favorite prayer (Psalm 46:11) as a meditation
• Great summary of Heidi Campbell’s research on religion and online spaces (she’s a scholar whose work I deeply admire)
• Research summary and lessons on doing “religion online”
• Religious guidance for daily life during a pandemic — this is a multi-faith site for traditions beyond Christianity
• Calvin Institute of Worship’s huge link list of resources for this time
• “Some people” a powerful poem
• James Martin, SJ on faith in a time of coronavirus
• Good advice on pastoral care
• Good advice for livestreaming worship that encourages participation
• Parish resources in a time of social distancing
• Sojourners list of useful resources for faith communities
• The Anglican Church of Canada’s list of resources
• Community care in a time of COVID19
• Archdiocese of St. Paul/Minneapolis resource page
• Ethically rationing health resources (a report written in 2010 by MN chaplains)
• A letter from the virus (a video meditation)
• Another “letter from the virus” (this one done in English)