#digitalreligion

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🤳 What can Paul's letter to the Ephesians teach us about our social media presence?

📝 My latest blog for Premier Digital

https://www.premierdigital.info/post/what-would-paul-say

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💻 NEW WEBINAR

"There are people online who are hungry for spiritual nourishment."

Social media tips and techniques for churches based on a session I delivered to St Padarn's Institute.

➡️ https://youtu.be/spCwQvHPwd4

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Loved working on this Online Pilgrimage project with Diocese of Llandaff, Church in Wales.

We used Google Earth to create an Easter Stations of the Cross visiting some of Wales' most beautiful churches along the way.

The Digital Pilgrimage project - Matt Batten https://www.premierdigital.info/?wix-vod-video-id=3dc0b4ffa5fc4cf88c9c666784e06558&wix-vod-comp-id=comp-knabd0q2

https://www.premierdigital.info/?wix-vod-video-id=3dc0b4ffa5fc4cf88c9c666784e06558&wix-vod-comp-id=comp-knabd0q2

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Tim Hughes: How Covid-19 is changing the way we worship

Tim Hughes: How Covid-19 is changing the way we worship - Premier Christianity

The songwriter says its time to kill our "obsession with excellence"

"I think that there’s a real encouragement that needs to happen around: “Don’t just sit back and watch.” Y’know, you’re not watching Downton Abbey! This isn’t a chance just to consume. "

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In this episode of Wrapped In Media we’re joined by Dr Matthew Tan, Senior Lecturer in Theology at the University of Notre Dame, Sydney, Aus

"Digital culture flips a lot of our tradition conceptions of what it means to be the body of Christ "

Super interview with theologian Stephen Garner and Dr Matthew Tan.

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Ashes to Ashes

Today, Ash Wednesday, is the start of Lent. This is beginning of forty days of reflection about the Christian story with lots of Lent Courses and reflections available. Premier is offering three free courses which you could join even now! But today is a day for repentance, humility, and an awareness of our own fragilit

Church of England’s Instagram filter for Ash Wednesday caused a bit of a stir! I loved it... Here’s blog from Revd Dr Pete Phillips, from Premier Digital, talking about Ash Wednesday

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BLESSED IN LOCKDOWN

BLESSED IN LOCKDOWN

Yesterday, we held our latest webinar supporting the church through the pandemic. We were discussing discipleship online. We had 600 people

"24/7 discipleship online means that you can see how others are performing their faith, living out their faith, authenticating their faith by their prayers, actions, witness."

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I wrote this last year when churches reopened for private prayer after the first Covid-19 lockdown.

Still valid. Churches need to teach people how to pray. Many people don't know where to start.

"As churches begin their health and safety risk assessments, I hope they create a Spiritual Health Assessment and add “Help People Discover Christ Through Prayer” to the list of things to do before reopening. New and life-long Christians alike will benefit from understanding the basics of private prayer."

https://link.medium.com/c6q7pjZQwdb