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Morning.

Um, uh, this is my normal wear for a Sunday morning.

Um, it's unusual.

I'll explain why in a few moments.

But before we get to that, um, today I want to talk about one of the things we believe to be true of us as a church, um, that at B&A, we rely on the Holy Spirit.

September is a time when lots of things start again, and, um, over these few weeks, we're reminding ourselves of something that as a church we never want to stop doing, some things that we never want to stop doing.

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This is the word of the Lord.

Thanks, Cara.

I've been warned that I need to step forward because the...

The sun's shining and I probably have more reflective surface on my body than most, shall we say.

So I don't want to blind you as you look at the screen or anyone else who watches the recording.

So this evening I want to talk to you about the God who saves from ruins.

The God who saves from ruins.

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How would you describe then the difference between a resilient teacher or resilient educator and an educator who's just simply just surviving?

Well, I'm going to push back with my very first contribution here, Michael.

You used the word vocation there.

And yeah, it is it is a vocation.

Fine.

It's mostly a job, though.

And I think we do need to remember that we are kind of force-fed this thing of, you know, teachers go above and beyond, teachers care.

What do you think healthy resilience means then?