Viewing 549 posts by Matthew Hosier

  • “There MUST be a way” for churches to help care homes

    Matthew Hosier  |  Fri 15 May 2020   This is a guest post from Gemma Gillard, founder of Truth Be Told, an intergenerational project committed to bringing joy and life as 0-4’s, their parents and... Read more
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    Should we theologize about Covid-19?

    Matthew Hosier  |  Thu 14 May 2020   Over the past few weeks the coronavirus pandemic has sparked a lot of theologizing. It seems that there’s no shortage of believers eager to share their take on the... Read more
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    Corona Blues

    Matthew Hosier  |  Fri 1 May 2020   Ennui, irritation, lack of self-confidence, anger, feeling stupid and irrelevant, always busy but nothing to do… A description of the typical teenager? Perhaps, but... Read more
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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