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Now Is Not The Time Of Monsters, But Of Midwives
You can hardly read an informed article on how global politics is changing today without someone quoting Antonio Gramsci, the Italian political philosopher who wrote this in 1930:
The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters
He wasn’t wrong, when you think about lay head in the 1930s.
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Ten Steps To Take In Ministry As We Emerge Again
Be tuned into our own emotions
It’s only been a few weeks, but these days have weighed heavily on each of us. What has happened to us in this time? What has changed that means we aren’t the same person now? There’s a lot we may not have figured out, because our feelings are complicated. But the chances are some of these emotions lie near to the surface, shown in the way tears come more easily or anger flares more readily. We won’t be alone in this. Walking with others on this way and watching for the Jesus of Emmaus to sidle up is the slow but revealing journey we’re on now.
What good habits have we learned in lockdown that we want to keep? Many think of the lifting of lockdown as the chance for a re-boot, but what if the re-boot was the lockdown itself? We like to present as people in control of our lives, directing changes when they need to be made,
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A TIME TO LEAVE
Jesus’ leaving of earth could have been a crushing blow to his followers but patient prayer in one place got them ready for a promise.
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QUESTION TIME
It isn’t that politics and religion are separate spheres. They are two sides of the same coin. And the whole coin belongs to God.
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THE FIST SIZED CLOUD
A Christian view of climate change is to weigh up perceived threats but not to be paralysed by them. Prayer and activism should be the cutting edges of our concern.
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Live Aid's Legacy
The generosity which inspired July 13, 1985 is still present in the British public ....
Are We In A Muddle Over Our Discipleship?
Have we become so protective of personal autonomy in following Christ that we no longer submit to external discipline?
Is Willpower Enough To Win?
There are risks in suggesting that success in our chosen field is merely a function of wanting it more than the next person.








