My COVID Crucible: Living with a Pandemic
Ebook
The world was awash in the coronavirus pandemic, starting in March 2020 and is continuing today. This required people to make numerous adjustments, learn new ways of acting; gaining a new vocabulary and calling for our ongoing patience. COVID-19 became the dominant news story and consumed lives and resources beyond our expectations. It also shifted from a public health crisis to a political debate, further dividing our country. This memoir traces how this author dealt with the restrictions imposed to help us cope with the virus. What quotidian activities were unaffected, and what changes were made? This book reveals challenges that were met and interests that were pursued. Then, as one of the millions of people affected by this disease, the author describes becoming sick with COVID-19 and the hospitalization he subsequently experienced. The struggle to breathe and the care of medical personnel marked the long days of this crucible. In particular, the author found himself unable to pray in the throes of this illness. It was a jarring experience amid a life of faith. Even the at-home recovery is chronicled with the efforts required to return to an active life.
“This rendering of George Crisp’s COVID-19 experience is honest, at times scary, and eventually hopeful. His descriptions often shocked me, even while displaying his moral and physical strength in overcoming this ‘lonely disease.’”
—Jo Ann Williams, retired teacher
“COVID-19 affected us as a nation and each of us uniquely. In his story, George Crisp gives us both the disruption of daily life we all experienced and the life-threatening illness too many have suffered. He bears witness to faith and doubt, perseverance and exhaustion, and, above all, the power of compassion.”
—Andrew Welch, retired United Methodist pastor
- Title: My COVID Crucible: Living with a Pandemic
- Author: George R. Crisp
- Publisher: Resource Publications
- Print Publication Date: 2022
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781666751383, 9781666751376, 1666751375, 9781666751369, 1666751367, 1666751383
- Resource ID: LLS:9781666751383
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-18T20:31:28Z
George R. Crisp is a retired pastor of the California-Pacific Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. He served in appointive ministry for more than thirty years. Leading Bible studies, composing music, and singing with others are among his favorite activities. In retirement, Rev. Crisp has remained active as a guest preacher and interim pastor. He is also a poet and singer/songwriter with several albums of sacred and secular music.