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Covid19: It& #39;s not a sprint, it& #39;s a marathon.
Wait, no, it& #39;s a triathlon.
If so, we are entering the second leg, which looks to be even trickier than the first.
A few thoughts:
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Wait, no, it& #39;s a triathlon.
If so, we are entering the second leg, which looks to be even trickier than the first.
A few thoughts:
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My best guess is 3 periods of about 6mths each.
1 (Mar to Sep) Lockdown into unlockdown
2 (now till Easter) rolling restrictions
3 (Easter till summer 2021) into postCovid normality
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1 (Mar to Sep) Lockdown into unlockdown
2 (now till Easter) rolling restrictions
3 (Easter till summer 2021) into postCovid normality
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But the second & #39;leg& #39; (now till Easter) will be more complex. And we enter it with our emotional resources already drained from the first leg.
How can we cope? How will our churches manage?
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How can we cope? How will our churches manage?
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Firstly, simplicity.
Do less, but do it well.
During the second leg, you can do more than during the first. But you still can& #39;t do a lot. Accept that. Do less. Keep it simple.
Simplicity is sustainable and makes agile responsiveness easier.
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Do less, but do it well.
During the second leg, you can do more than during the first. But you still can& #39;t do a lot. Accept that. Do less. Keep it simple.
Simplicity is sustainable and makes agile responsiveness easier.
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Secondly, self-care.
You are exhausted. You are mentally and emotionally drained. Churches are complex environments under Covid regulations and you have been making strategic decisions almost every week since March.
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You are exhausted. You are mentally and emotionally drained. Churches are complex environments under Covid regulations and you have been making strategic decisions almost every week since March.
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You may not be sleeping well. You are at risk of using food, drink or worse to make yourself feel better.
Self-care has to be your priority.
Just to be standing at the end, having not lost hope, is to win in times like these.
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Self-care has to be your priority.
Just to be standing at the end, having not lost hope, is to win in times like these.
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Finally, these next 6 months will be the most profound & #39;in-between& #39; moment our society has faced since WWII.
We are in-between darkness and light, despair and hope.
It& #39;s a & #39;liminal& #39;, threshold moment. Not a new normal, but a new abnormal.
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We are in-between darkness and light, despair and hope.
It& #39;s a & #39;liminal& #39;, threshold moment. Not a new normal, but a new abnormal.
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Speak to the moment. Call it out. We are being pruned (Jn 15), so invite believers and non-believers alike to reconnect with the Vine.
Who are we now? Who will we be afterwards? Where does hope live?
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Who are we now? Who will we be afterwards? Where does hope live?
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We are on pause. Yet Christianity has seams of gold to mine for moments like this. Bring them out. Be a dealer in hope, even as your heart is breaking.
Speak to the moment.
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Speak to the moment.
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Simplicity of structures
Self-care prioritised
Speak to the moment.
I pray we look back on these moments with gratitude that we embraced what was really happening, secure in the knowledge that, by his Spirit, God is really here.
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Self-care prioritised
Speak to the moment.
I pray we look back on these moments with gratitude that we embraced what was really happening, secure in the knowledge that, by his Spirit, God is really here.
Fin/
