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Category: Coronavirus

Misunderstanding the Church

Thomas Mann’s phrase that ‘everything is politics’ seems undeniably true in our society in the second decade of the twenty … More

Church life, Covid-19, Government, Local Church, Politics

Regather. Rejoice. Lament. Rebuild.

Church families are returning to their buildings once again in the UK and Ireland, after a break of almost four … More

Covid19, Local Church, Ministry

Pastors, Covid, and Criticism

As the barriers erected by Covid 19 in the UK and Ireland start to lift a little, the prospect of … More

Coronavirus, Covid19, Local Church, Lockdown, Pastoral Ministry, Pastoralia, Regathering

Some implications of an empty pulpit

Whether your cup is half empty or half full in the current global crisis, whether you credit or descry online … More

Christianity, Covid19, Lament, Ministry, Pastoral Ministry, Preaching

Learning the deeper lessons

These are undoubtedly the strangest of days. We are in a state of upheaval and disruption, and we have no … More

Christian living, Christianity, Coronavirus, Covid19, priorities

Before Philippi

In approaching the narrative sections of Scripture, there is always the danger of foreclosure, of assuming the conclusion, and missing … More

Coronavirus, Covid19, Ministry, Mission

The loneliness of the long distance Pastor

At the moment it seems like everything is interim. The decisions that we were agonising over a fortnight ago about … More

Coronavirus, Pastoral Ministry, Preaching

‘I long to see you’ – the glory of contingency

A measure of our new sense of normality is that the decision whether or not to run church services has … More

Church life, Coronavirus, Local Church, Ministry, Mission

Coronavirus, vulnerability, and dignity

In the present global health crisis there are some whose fears and needs could easily become a footnote to a … More

Care, Coronavirus, Kindness, Local Church, Love

Will the plague come near to our door?

The first Lord’s Day since the Covid-19 Coronavirus began to reach our shores has passed. In most fellowships in the … More

Christianity, Coronavirus, Hope, Psalms, Suffering

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