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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?

The Journey to and from Christmas...

The Journey to and from Christmas...

Towards the beginning of our Sunday services at present, after we have sung our opening worship and before the children go to their groups, we pause with a short prayer and light a candle in a circular ring of Holly. The advent wreath, as it is known, is a regular fixture for many churches at this time of year as we seek to mark and live in the season of Advent – a season of preparation for Christmas. My children’s own routine for marking this journey to Christmas seems to be a daily request of Alexa ‘How many days till Christmas?’, which prompts a different pre-recorded response from someone claiming to be Father Christmas. I’m pretty sure this isn’t the real Father Christmas, as surely, he is too busy, but with the North Pole unlikely to be insulated from the cost-of-living crisis, maybe he has reluctantly accepted a corporate advertising deal from Mr Bezos.

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Now and Not yet...

Now and Not yet...

In this moment there’s a chance to pause and to prepare for what lies ahead today. There’s even more opportunity than that if I choose to take it. There’s the opportunity to fully embrace the present and to be fully present to it. To invite Jesus to come alongside, to be present with me, to remind me to linger longer with him; invite him into every aspect of the day ahead. To remember to enjoy the simple moments and blessings of the life He’s given me.

BUT, my brain seems to have missed the memo that this is time to be still and enjoy the moment!

Read on to discover how Jesus lived in both the now and the not yet…

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