I took one whole week off in 2020, even though I know that time off is good for me. So, why? What was going on? And was it just the covid pandemic?

Just like all the adults surrounding them our children had suddenly found themselves at home. School had been closed, along with everything else, and they were grappling with that too. What could we do to help?

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Decisions. I've made lots of them over the past two years. But what did I choose? And why? And how has that worked out? Join me as a revisit some of the big ones and the not so big ones that were more important than I thought!

When lockdown began 2 years ago I, and every other church leader in Scotland and around the world had a decision to make: how will we worship? Stewart reflects on his decision to pre-record services at home and what the benefits and costs of that decision were and still are.

Donald Macaskill is the Chief Executive of Scottish Care, the representative body for the care sector in Scotland. Donald has been the voice of the care sector during one of the most difficult years imaginable, advocating for staff, residents and those requiring care at home. We talk about a reimagining of the narrative around ageing and how we can all be involved in changing how we think about the value of older people in our society. twitter.com/DrDMacaskill https://scottishcare.org/blogs/

Michael Harvey is married to Eike and they have three adult children Ben, Kirsty and Lydia. In 2004 Back to Church Sunday was birthed and Michael started to work with churches throughout the UK and eventually throughout the English speaking world and to his surprise started to notice a healing component in mission. He has spoken to thousands of church leaders and congregational members in his Seminars and has to date seen hundreds of thousands of Christians mobilised to invite, resulting in 1 million+ accepted invitations. He launched the first National Weekend of Invitation in June 2018. During the pandemic he launched the Acorn Faith process. He is author of the books Unlocking the Growth, Creating a Culture of Invitation and his latest book is Invitation to Heal. As an itinerant speaker and has a ministry across 18 countries and 5 continents. He is a member of the College of Evangelists

Acorn in the time of the Virus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcw16Z_y-k0

Acorn Faith Community on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/933478613810194/

Unlocking the Growth and Creating a Culture of Invitation in your Church Books https://www.unlockingthegrowth.com/resources/

https://gohealth.org.uk/shop/physical/the-invitation-to-heal-by-michael-harvey/

This week on ctl-alt-del/church we welcome Lawrence Moore, a mission & discipleship consultant living in Salford, UK. Lawrence says "Jesus didn't come to zap us all off to heaven; he came to change the world - and for the poorest, most marginalised first. I help churches to discover and follow this radical Jesus, and to make Jesus-shaped differences in the places they live and work. Why do I do that? Because people are hungry for those kinds of people and churches. Churches have no business taking up space, time and money unless they're recognisably like Jesus. I'm also passionate about the music of Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Bruce Springsteen. And I'm a helpless Apple evangelist - just love their stuff!"

Paul Beautyman is the founder of Youth Work Journeys. With years of experience in churches, projects and teaching, Paul talks to Stewart about supporting people, about the changes in church and his hopes for Youth Work Journeys.