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Coronavirus and Bible Society

Telling a better story: The latest from Bible Society.

My wife has an auto-immune disease, Lupus

My wife has an auto-immune disease, Lupus, so when this all started, we knew she had to be so careful. I’d just come back from a business trip, and I had to self-isolate from her within the house for 12 days. I moved into...

I have been spending a lot of time in my garden. I find gardening very therapeutic.

I have been spending a lot of time in my garden. I find gardening very therapeutic. To be in contact with nature, with God’s creation, is important. If I have a bad day, I dig. It’s very good therapy. I’ve been dealing...

The day I came down with the coronavirus was a bit shocking really

The day I came down with the coronavirus was a bit shocking really. I had done a set of nights at the hospital and started to feel a bit rotten. I thought it might be the cycle ride I had done. Maybe I’d overdone it. I woke...

The Bible in Transmission - Summer 2020

When a crisis strikes – Perspectives on the impact of Covid-19

My wife, Linda, died four years ago

My wife, Linda, died four years ago. We’d been married for 36 years. In 2015, we spent an amazing week on Lindisfarne. When we arrived, there was a little bookmark on my bed. It was of Psalm 32.8, ‘I will instruct you...

I’m in the Army. At the end of my tour of duty, I came to Ghana to see my family.

I’m in the Army. At the end of my tour of duty, I came to Ghana to see my family. I was full of lots of vigour and joy. I was due to fly back on 3 April. Then the pandemic came and I couldn’t return. The next available...

I’m working in an emergency surgery ward

I’m working in an emergency surgery ward, but I’m also doing bank shifts on some of the Covid wards. They can get a little bit short staffed. I’ve had to leave my house. My husband has a respiratory condition and is...

I’m a locum doctor in a hospital in Nottingham

I’m a locum doctor in a hospital in Nottingham. At the moment, I’m on a gastro-enterology ward, but I was on the palliative care ward with patients with Covid-19. The scripture that’s really helped me recently, is Colossians...

Church bookstores reopen in China; 11,000 free Scriptures head to Inner Mongolia

China’s authorities have given the green light for places of worship to reopen, meaning that Bibles are back on sale in church bookstores.

I’m a GP

I’m a GP. At the moment, we are generally not having face-to-face contact with patients, though we are still seeing patients on video calls and on the telephone. The phone never stops ringing. Patients who were suffering...

I’m a fairly positive person

I’m a fairly positive person. I’m trying to make the best of the situation and am keeping busy. But one of the hardest things is not seeing my mum. The hard thing was that she had planned a big party for her 80th birthday...

28,000 Syrian children given gifts of Scripture amid conflict and pandemic

Twenty-eight thousand children in Syria were thrilled to receive Scriptures this Easter thanks to the generous giving of people like you.
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