To my fellow anxious parents: Let Faith arise, not fear

I should exude faith: I am the editor of a Christian website and a pastor at a local church.

But the truth is I can feel the rising fear: I am a father to young school-going children. They attend one of the enrichment centres with a known case, and in one of the schools that went to Home Based Learning after a child there tested positive for Covid-19.

Even though the cases were not on the same level as my kids, I couldn’t help worrying.

I know the fear, anxiety – maybe even panic – going through every parents’ heart now.

I feel it trying to get a rise out of me; I read it in every class WhatsApp group I’m on; I hear it from the parents in my church.