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What I did during Lockdown.

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Knowing our place and where we belong.

  You Are Here. Have you ever been in a strange city and found yourself lost and looking at a map in the main square? You know, one of those maps depicting the street layout, with a little arrow pointing to an area with the words neatly captioned "You are here." Once you have familiarised yourself with the area you once again stroll off to an art gallery or museum, safe in the knowledge that you have a vague idea of where you are and that the hotel, at least, is in the opposite direction. As a child I loved looking at old maps, those made by explorers or sea captains. I loved to see the little images of mythical creatures swallowing whole ships and seaman battling, valiantly, but in vain, to rid them of this monster. Or better still, looking at the maps made by hunters and explorers wandering through the vast wilderness of Africa. They marked their maps with their discoveries, rivers, waterfalls and mountains. I looked in vain for the x that marked the spot where they may...

Now that Lockdown is Over- What now Church?

For the most part here in the UK, lockdown is over and people are coming out of their self made bunkers and breathing in the fresh air. They are according to the media trying to live in the "new normal" and get their lives back on track.   Getting back on track for them may mean losing the weight they have accumulated over lockdown, or staying fit now that it is over. It may mean relief to shell shocked parents who can at last know that their children will go back to school in their lifetimes. Children can now go wild, knowing that they can see their friends again while silently admitting that they have missed school. For many, sadly, it can mean they can now publicly grieve the loved ones they have lost.   But what of churches and Christians? What does their post lockdown world look like?    Churches are not yet able to meet as they did before lockdown. Christian Leaders are trying to interpret the government guidelines and protect their flocks at the same tim...