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    Corona & Creativity

    Matthew Hosier  |  Thu 30 April 2020   One of the upsides of lockdown is that it has stimulated creative thinking and action: decorating, gardening, baking, tinkering, crafting... There's a lot of it going on. Read more
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    Are We Standing on the Precipice?

    Matthew Hosier  |  Tue 14 April 2020   Serendipity? Luck? A cosmic warning? The timing of Toby Ord’s book, The Precipice: Existential risk and the future of humanity, could be seen as all those things.... Read more
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    The Things We Are Learning

    Matthew Hosier  |  Sat 11 April 2020   Three weeks in (I think it’s three weeks but am losing track of the days): how are you doing with lockdown? There are things we’re learning through this. Here are... Read more
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    Face to Face

    Matthew Hosier  |  Thu 2 April 2020   How much are we going to come to regret the phrase ‘social distancing’? Read more
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    Camera, Lights, Action

    Matthew Hosier  |  Tue 31 March 2020   Many of us are having to learn fast how to speak to camera. In this extremely helpful video Glen Scrivener offers some tips. Read more
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    Wendell Was Right

    Matthew Hosier  |  Fri 27 March 2020   I wonder how the Amish are coping with the coronavirus? Read more
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    Dark Clouds & Silver Linings

    Matthew Hosier  |  Mon 23 March 2020   One of the most precious moments I’ve experienced in the past few days was catching up with my eldership team online and talking about the areas where we are... Read more
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    To The Elders

    Matthew Hosier  |  Thu 19 March 2020   Many people read this blog, but this post is especially for those who are elders in their churches. If you are an elder, your calling will be brought into crystal... Read more
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    Covid-19 and Being a Community Initiator

    Matthew Hosier  |  Tue 17 March 2020   While at the moment the threats, known and unknown, posed by coronavirus are fairly overwhelming, this is also a time of real opportunity. Read more
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    Parables of Patronage

    Matthew Hosier  |  Mon 16 March 2020   Ever been troubled by Jesus’ parable of the shrewd manager in Luke 16:1-8? Jayson Georges says it makes sense if we understand the patronage culture in which Jesus was... Read more