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Reshaping the Church post-Covid: Lessons from Leonardo da Vinci
The Covid-19 pandemic has been a shock to the system for every individual, every business, every organisation, every faith-group, and every church across the planet. The pandemic is still far from over. I am not claiming otherwise. However, after 2 years, the church...
Why are some clergy so afraid of Digital Church?
So, let’s be honest. Many clergy are fearful of digital church. Some may wrap up their objections in theological protestations – but most of these, as far as I can see, are ill-thought through and carry little or no weight. Indeed, most of the theological...
It’s all about Connection
So much of the current conversation around ‘how we should do church’ is fundamentally a conversation about connectedness. The debate, as it currently stands, is not least about whether one needs to be in a building with others to experience connectedness, or whether...
The Metaverse is coming. Will we be ready?
The Church, as an institution, is both sociological and theological. As a sociological institution, its methods should shift with each generation if it is to remain culturally useful. As a theological institution, it should remain constant across all generations. The...
Digital Church – the New Reformation
In 1580, Edmund Spenser posed the rhetorical question, “Why a God’s name, may not we, as else the Greeks, have the kingdom in our own language?” This is the same question being asked by many advocates for digital church today. Not much, it would seem, has changed. To...