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Yesterday was due to have been a time-tabling clash, such that I would have been in Bournemouth for the English Baptist Assembly, at the same time as the final retreat day for the Ignatian Course I've been doing in Glasgow.

As things turned out, the Assembly was postponed/cancelled, the planned book launch was done in other ways, and I ended up taking part in a 'virtual retreat day'.

To make it feel like a retreat, I set up my kitchen table with a prayer zone, a craft zone and of course a Zoom zone.  And it worked really well.

When all was done I put everything away and turned my kitchen back into a kitchen.

This morning, I debated doing church from the kitchen rather than the office.  I didn't, because the boundaries are quite important, and the point yesterday was to be in a space that's not my office.

This week I have spent something like 30 hours on/at Zoom events of all shapes and sizes.  There is much that's good and exciting, and there's much that's restricting or frustrating.  It seems you can do virtually anything  virtually... which is probably as well, as to stay safe we need to stay home for a good while yet.

It's been a pretty full-on week so far.  I have lost count of the number of hours spent in digital gatherings and live-streams bit it's around twenty I reckon, and it's only Wednesday!

Today's webinar involved quite a lot of purpleness... in honour of Violet Hedger and Edith Gates, and indeed all the foremothers and foresisters in Baptist ministry who paved the way for those of us doing it now.

It was tiring but actually it looks OK.  I am so tired I can barely type words, never mind sentences, so I'll just link the recorded webinar in case anyone is interested... here

A friend signposted me to this sung version of the Aaronic blessing - worth a listen, even if it gets a bit loud towards the end!!

Sunday morning setting up for church... there may be no chairs to rearrange, no projector to switch on, but there is always something to do.  I am very fortunate to have the oversight of the manse moggies to ensure all is well... I'll let you into a secret, I have my own private Zoom meeting as I set up, so I can move stuff around to achieve the desired effect before I am joined by anyone else!