A New Perspective
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story_works is to find a new perspective on something. Since I've been trying this in various ways, I decided it merited its own post.
First of all, I believe all lives matter and therefore this means BlackLivesMatter, which is why, as I wrote in yesterday's book review, I've just read Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race.
Secondly, as we come to an end of the initial reaction to Covid-19 and realise that we're facing a much longer term problem, which will mean making amendments to the way we've always done things, for me this specifically applies to the church. There is a tendency to look back and want to simply tweak what we were doing, but I believe it's time to look for new approaches. Which means, when I was speaking about the Good Shepherd the other week, I was emphasising being led into new pastures rather than going back to the ones which had been fully grazed already.
Another way of finding a new perspective is one I used when asked to write a short reflection on Jesus walking on the water. Instead of looking from the outside and condemning the disciples' lack of faith, try to imagine yourself as actually there and see how it feels and discover there's rather more to the story.
My third way of finding a new perspective has been on writing. One of my current FutureLearn courses is on fairy tales, and last week we were encouraged to look at an alternative to Red Riding Hood. My Tigger Holmes series tends to do just that, so I wrote Tigger Holmes and the Case of the Missing Grandmother. In addition, there's an interesting story in the book of Joshua in the Old Testament about Caleb's daughter, so forfan_flashworks 'Safe' challenge I decided to expand it a little: Caleb's Daughter
story_works is to find a new perspective on something. Since I've been trying this in various ways, I decided it merited its own post.First of all, I believe all lives matter and therefore this means BlackLivesMatter, which is why, as I wrote in yesterday's book review, I've just read Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race.
Secondly, as we come to an end of the initial reaction to Covid-19 and realise that we're facing a much longer term problem, which will mean making amendments to the way we've always done things, for me this specifically applies to the church. There is a tendency to look back and want to simply tweak what we were doing, but I believe it's time to look for new approaches. Which means, when I was speaking about the Good Shepherd the other week, I was emphasising being led into new pastures rather than going back to the ones which had been fully grazed already.
Another way of finding a new perspective is one I used when asked to write a short reflection on Jesus walking on the water. Instead of looking from the outside and condemning the disciples' lack of faith, try to imagine yourself as actually there and see how it feels and discover there's rather more to the story.
My third way of finding a new perspective has been on writing. One of my current FutureLearn courses is on fairy tales, and last week we were encouraged to look at an alternative to Red Riding Hood. My Tigger Holmes series tends to do just that, so I wrote Tigger Holmes and the Case of the Missing Grandmother. In addition, there's an interesting story in the book of Joshua in the Old Testament about Caleb's daughter, so for
fan_flashworks 'Safe' challenge I decided to expand it a little: Caleb's Daughter
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Date: 2020-08-16 02:09 pm (UTC)Re Church, yes I agree. This is the new normal for a long time to come. We are also assessing how we must do things differently and is some ways I am finding it a better path (such as a proper rota for the altar servers). Your reflection of Jesus walking on the water is powerful and certainly makes me think!
I hope we all find new pastures and can transform them into kinder and safe spaces for all.
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Date: 2020-08-16 03:29 pm (UTC)I think it will be good if the new normal causes the church to make some things easier to use, like the rotas. And mostly definitely yes to your last sentence. I do like that icon.
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Date: 2020-08-16 04:07 pm (UTC)Thank you! I found this icon years ago on livejournal and it called to me.