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A strategy to beat Pandemic

The game of choice this year has been Pandemic, a cooperative board game where all players join together to defeat viruses outbreaks across the world. I don’t know what made us think of this, but there we are. Pandemic is a notoriously difficult cooperative game…

A strategy to beat Pandemic
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Who's afraid of the farmer?

I am not fully decided whether it is the pandemic or the predicted economic and employment turmoil that I am most concerned about.

Who's afraid of the farmer?
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God's irresistible transformation

In Acts 9 we read of Saul’s encounter with Jesus on the Damascus Road, and his sudden and unexpected experience of being rendered blind. Done to him, it plunged him into darkness and removed from him every confidence, certainty, and comfort that he was previously used to, and made him dependent upon others.

God's irresistible transformation
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Stop the world... don't stop the world

I remember press coverage of a “private” conversation between world leaders at a G8 summit a few years back where our (then) prime minister complained about the lack of thinking time and the relentless unceasing mill of meetings and decisions. There was no opportunity to pause or reflect or to gather evidence before setting events in motion, and as the leaders talked they each revealed a longing for space to reflect and consider.

Stop the world... don't stop the world
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What if normal never was?

If you’re starting to struggle, you’re not alone. I’ve been grappling this week with feeling sad at the ministries and gatherings that have dropped away because they can’t meet, and trying to summon up the energy to make some calls to colleagues. I suspect I’m not alone in wanting things to hurry up in a return to “normal”.

What if normal never was?

Next Steps: Effective Workflows

Have you ever thought about what workflows are required to support effective church functions? We may be keen to integrate our newcomers, but does this ‘just happen’? Is there a shortage of volunteers or are we not that good at helping people volunteer? If people want to start giving financially, have we made it clear and easy?

In February 2022, we were pleased to host a webinar exploring the use of effective workflows to underpin these areas of common church functionality.

If you missed it, you can check out the recording here:

On Our bikes, but not alone!

On Our bikes, but not alone!

“I’ll meet you at the end of the tunnel. Just keep heading towards the light and I’ll wait for you there”.

Words of encouragement from my teenage son as he sped off and left me at the mouth of a long and very dark tunnel. I’d already endured the many ‘family jokes’ as I had tentatively mounted a bike for the first time in almost 4 decades a few minutes earlier. “Do you need stabilisers Mum?” “Shall we run alongside you and catch you as you fall off?” I’d put on a fairly convincing show so far and they thought that I had conquered it, and I’d be fine if they went on ahead.

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Language Matters

Language Matters

How do you speak to yourself in January? Have you ever thought about it? Following the excitement, busyness and disruption of Christmas, and then the post-festive lull it can take time and effort to once again motivate ourselves for the next season. I’m writing this opener in the first week of January. By this date, are you already raring to go for the spring term or still wanting to crawl back under the duvet for further hibernation? To be honest, I’m somewhere in between, but probably close to the latter.

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