Practical ideas for being church in the age of covid-19
Since the end of February, I’ve been starting the day with a walk. I heave myself out of bed, pull on some clothes and head out when it’s quiet. I now know what buildings…
Whilst Live-Streaming church services or delivering pre-edited worship and sermon videos might work well for larger churches and even some medium sized churches, many smaller churches would struggle with this.…
What do you do if you are someone who is always on the go, always active, and you find yourself suddenly having to stop and do nothing? There have been…
Sometimes it is difficult to keep a prayer life going when trouble seems so extreme. It’s hard to know what language to use. Actually any language is fine: God understands English. One of the commonest…
An embodiment of the church has been happening this week in cyberspace. A group of ‘folks who know how’ have been putting together an incredibly useful index of digital communication…
It is good and helpful to hear how other brothers and sisters are responding. In terms of services and weekly activities ours all came to a grinding halt when each…
In the rush to become cloud-based it’s easy to be believe that we’re all online now. Nothing could be further from the truth. Here’s an inclusion idea that’s simple and…
Church leaders, and indeed congregations, often overlook the extent of pastoral care which goes on under the radar in congregations of virtually any size. In our observation, Christian congregations do…
Tempting as it is to exegete Psalm 137 I’m simply using verse four to catch the eye of the reader here. Some may have sat down and wept as we…
Covid-19 is a global issue. Fortunately the Church is global too. Here are some great ideas from Samuel K John, director of the Emmaus Academy of Biblical Studies in Bangalore.…