It is with slight trepidation that I post a story about the influence of prayer on the recovery of a man in Peterborough from the coronavirus – it is understandable that people will have questions about how faith in God combines with a pandemic like the one we face right now, and I would be very glad to open a dialogue with anyone who wanted to explore such questions (email me, or comment below).

I believe in a God who heals – not all of the time, as the Bible tells us the kingdom of God has not fully come on earth yet (or why would Jesus tell us to pray “Your kingdom come”) – but even so, a God who heals frequently in response to prayer. These healings can be terminal cancer, a twisted ankle, and also coronavirus.

In the story here, David Francis had good reason to think…