Sabbath, church, and mission: The post-lockdown view
21 May 2020 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] What should church be like after lockdown? Has an ‘enforced’ rest modified the way we look at Sabbath? How about mission? Will we do it differently?
Read MoreAcademic excellence continues online at Newbold
19 May 2020 | Binfield, UK [Newbold communication]New and returning students are to be offered a broad online student experience this autumn.Newbold College of Higher Education has announced an extension of their remote online learning experience for the 2020 autumn semester. As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and following thorough consideration, the decision was…
Read MoreWorking together in difficult times and still open for business: TED Spring Meetings
19 May 2020 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] There is an upside to the current travel restrictions. Online meetings save travel time and money. Zoom fatigue helps officers develop agendas that focus on the essential. With a positive good will that is possible.
Read MoreCare in a Crisis: Reflections from a ‘returned’ Intensive Care Nurse
16 May 2020 | Watford, UK [Moira Surridge/tedNEWS] “These are as far from normal times as I have ever experienced in 40 years working for the NHS!”Moira Surridge has a career in the UK’s National Health Service that has spanned four decades and eleven different hospitals. Much of that has been working in Intensive care…
Read MorePeace and Hope – 75 years on.
7 May 2020 | Binfield, UK [tedNEWS] Seventy-five years ago, Europeans rejoiced that war had come to an end. Bombed out cities on both sides of the conflict – and historic memorials and war graves are a stark reminder of the horror of conflict. It is also a reminder to Christians to focus on the way…
Read MoreCOVID overload – ‘I’ve heard too much!’
6 May 2020 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] Are we suffering COVID overload? Dr Helgi Jónsson believes we might – and offers advice on how to protect ourselves. “There is a constant flow of information around us, and not all of it is positive,” he states in a helpful video just released by the TED…
Read MoreAbuse in lockdown – and how to help
6 May 2020 | St Albans, UK [TED Family Ministries] Lockdown has brought with it all kinds of relational challenges including extreme loneliness, getting on each other’s nerves, and figuring out how to do work, home school and family life within four small walls. There is also a positive side, enjoying the time to grow closer…
Read MoreThe big thank you! #dearcoronavirus 7
1 May 2020 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] How big a thank you have you said this week? My neighbour works in a local supermarket. She told me how good it felt to be thanked and to feel valued during this crisis. The reality of the value of ordinary people doing ordinary but important…
Read MoreTED Words of Hope 7 focuses on children
30 April 2020 | St Albans, UK [tedNEWS] What is the most important thing you have learnt in lockdown? How have your parental skills developed as a home-schooler, home-worker, and full-time entertainment guru – and how has online church been a benefit to you, and especially your children?
Read MoreLocked down but not locked out
27 April 2020 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] Two pastors from two different ‘locked down’ countries, share how ministry and mission is still a part of their lives.
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