“Contagion is real, but it doesn’t just work for viruses. It works for kind words and generous thoughts, and acts of selflessness and honesty."Taffy Brodesser-Akner, New York Times-- -- --For A Time Like This looks at how Christians came to be known as contagious people. Sharing love and compassion as fast as illness spread from person to person. That call to love our neighbour as ourselves remains key to who we are as people of the cross.With insight from Rodney Stark and music by Jenny Moore, the rector of saint ben's Jamie Howison explores how we can continue to turn toward love and compassion in the shadow of the pandemic.Stay up to date on how the church is dealing with these unprecedented events on our For A Time Like This web page. There you will find resources, words of encouragement and more podcasts.Comment on this episode on our website. Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to your friends. We invite you to rate us or write a review of what we are doing on Apple Podcasts. Reviews help others join the conversation.* * *This podcast is created at saint benedict’s table, a congregation of the Anglican Church of Canada in Winnipeg, where we’ve been making great audio since 2006. Listen to other recent episodes on our website and see our entire catalogue of almost 500 shows on our hosting page.Our MissionTo provide rich and stimulating audio resources to the wider church and engage topics and issues relevant to the concerns and questions of the larger culture in which we live.

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