Whether COVID-19 vaccinations are an answer to prayer or a harmful evil has led to distrust and anger while the death toll continues to rise.
The push to get every person vaccinated against COVID-19 has opened wide divisions that can’t be healed without compassion, said the Rev. Dana Horrell, who has written a handbook to help congregations reach out to the unvaccinated.
“We have been told to love your neighbor and the way we do it is by listening. We don’t do it by telling people what to do,” he said in an interview about his handbook, Mobilize Vaccine Turnout!
Horrell, pastor at Cooperstown United Methodist Church in New York, said the idea for the handbook came to him after a conversation with a 95-year-old member of his church who told him she had not gotten the vaccine.
“She said her daughter didn’t believe in the vaccine and she depended on her daughter for a ride,” he said. Horrell then talked to the woman’s son and offered to help.
“I just offered a nudge and now all three family members are vaccinated.” Read More
“I just offered a nudge and now all three family members are vaccinated.” Read More
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