Tag: pandemic

On not going back to church

.Reading time 13 minutes.

Lots of Christian friends I meet have not gone back to church yet, and I’m wondering why.    What is it? What is it that has so disturbed our souls in this pandemic that means the previous ways will no longer do? What are we reaching for? In what ways are in-person worship services now failing […]

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Life question: Why is it so hard to trust God? (1)

.Reading time 11 minutes.

When people say happily ‘God has never let me down’, I’m tempted to retort ‘Really?’ When you prayed that your relative wouldn’t die from cancer, and they passed away, could you really say it didn’t feel as if God had let you down? When you asked for a new job and your applications bore no […]

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Reflection: Lockdown compost heap

.Reading time 3 minutes.

As lockdown began, I had a very strong sense that it was important not to come to conclusions about what it all meant too soon. The wisdom times of difficulty bring takes time to make itself known. Busy the sun, the wind, the birds, the spring greening But my heart’s sound is silence, a dampening […]

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