When we become a Christian, we are set free. Forgiven of our sins. And we know this is a good…
Jesus died for them too
When we experience the love of God… When the great transformation takes place… The way we see others changes. Everywhere…
Love makes you throw things
Love is a crazy thing. It does strange things to you. And I’m not making this up. The scientists can…
The great transformation
There’s a classic movie called The Elephant Man. In this movie the man, John Merrick, is used as a side…
God’s son bled and cried and screamed in pain for you
Have you truly absorbed the fact that someone has died for you? Someone has suffered in your place. Someone has…
Free to fail
Do you know someone who’s super-strict with their religious rules? For people like this, it can be like being in…
David’s story
I’d like to share a story about a friend of mine. He knows a thing or two about hard times.…
The beautiful cycle of comfort
If a child is loved well, then one day, that person will hopefully be able to pass on that same…
What’s your source of life?
What’s your life source when things get tricky? I know my first instinct isn’t always to draw close to God.…
Lean into Jesus
What does comfort mean to you? I remember when my son Tom was little. He’d wander into our bedroom early…
Jesus sees our suffering
One of my favourite Biblical characters is the woman who’s been bleeding for 12 years before she meets Jesus. According…
Do you really love him?
Do you believe God is kind? Always? Unfailingly? Do you believe he cares about you, and has your best interests…
What’s your dominant life narrative?
As children, we are convinced, naturally, that we’re the centre of life’s story.
Values = motivation
Personal motivation is elusive, don’t you think? It comes and it goes, and isn’t dependent so much on circumstance than…
Unconventional love
I wonder how I’ll respond to Jesus when I see him face-to-face. I hope my approach will be like the…
Dealing with anxiety: Types, symptoms, and seeking support
Anxiety is a common mental health condition that affects many people.
Casting your cares on Him: 1 Peter 5:7
When anxiety becomes overwhelming, we need to turn to God for relief.
Managing anxiety: Philippians 4:6-7
In a world plagued by worry and anxiety, we long for peace.
It’s time to let the light shine in
What ‘window shutters’ in your life have you been keeping closed?
And what would prompt you to open them?
Love = Sacrifice
AUDIO VERSION: Reflections on John 15:9-17 Whoever said love was easy? Sure, romantic love can feel easy. It can be…
Who you are in Christ (in case you’d forgotten)
A friendly reminder… You are not your successes nor failures. You are not your abilities nor disabilities. You are not…
Made perfect in Christ
Every day is a lesson on our own limitations.
We learn how fragile we are; how vulnerable.
I am a fool, but that’s OK.
I am a fool, but that’s OK.
Jesus is wise.
This is going to be the best year ever! (Or is it…?)
2023 is going to be the best year ever! 2022 was the worst year ever!!! In my attempts to achieve…
Embrace the new you
Maddie was 17 when she started drinking. She and friends were curious about what it would be like. They…
Kindness is often the smallest thing
In the darkest times, kindness shines brightest.
Freedom from anxiety
What do you think is the most highlighted verse of the Bible?
According to Kindle, it’s this…
Poem: Detangling the damage
I asked for humbling.
He came in.
Exposed the weakness
And the sin.
Five ways to pray with meaning
How often do you pray? And how? Is prayer a struggle for you? There are many ways we can approach…
He felt the pain you feel…
I’m so glad that in Jesus, ‘myth’ became real-life history. He ain’t no fairytale figure. He lived, breathed and felt everything that we feel.
Play them a tune they’ll keep humming to
My mum taught my son a little tune on the piano one afternoon last week. She invested time and effort…
Quote of the day: In pain, God gives more
“When it comes to pain, God isn’t often in the business of taking it away. Instead, he adds to it. He is more of a giver than a taker.”
Seven savvy ways I switch off when I’ve been in People Land too long
An INFJ on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, I consider myself a ‘social introvert’. I enjoy people a lot – and…
Do we need answers about suffering, or do we need a God who meets us there?
I’ve been struggling with the question of suffering for some time. I’ve read various books on the topic, some of…
How to truly do good
What does it mean to do good to all people? What does it mean in our everyday life? I might…
The charges are dropped; you’re free to go
Wash me clean from my guilt… purify me from my sin… Powerful words which penetrate the hearts of those who…
A prayer for those days Flesh and Spirit are in a full-on war
I wish I could say with unbridled confidence the only eyes that mattered were yours.
VIDEO: Set better boundaries in your relationships
There’s an art to setting boundaries, and no one gets it right all of the time. Here are my thoughts…
What makes you come alive?
Doing things for the sake of what we think the world needs is, at best, misguided.
Noticed, celebrated, adored
We all just want to be seen, don’t we? Noticed. Celebrated. Adored, even. We want at least one person’s eyes…
Quote of the Day: Life = Interruptions
“The truth is, of course, that what one regards as interruptions are precisely one’s life.”
Quote of the Day: Do you crave beauty?
“I want to see beauty. In the ugly, in the sink, in the suffering, in the daily, in all the days before I die, the moments before I sleep.”
Quote of the day: God is enough
“Our fall was, has always been, and always will be, that we aren’t satisfied in God and what He gives. We hunger for something more, something other.”
Quote of the day: Avoiding deep surrender
We give Him what we perceive to be our obedience yet internally resist a deeper surrender.
Quote of the day: The fear of not being loved
“If we are to love sincerely and with simplicity, we must first of all overcome the fear of not being loved.”
Quote of the day: In pain, God gives more
“When it comes to pain, God isn’t often in the business of taking it away. Instead, he adds to it. He is more of a giver than a taker.”
Quote of the day: God owns every split second
“There is no neutral ground in the universe; every square inch, every split second, is claimed by God and counter-claimed by Satan.”
Quote of the day: Keep looking forward
“A continual looking forward to the eternal world is not a form of escapism or wishful thinking, but one of the things a Christian is meant to do.”
Quote of the day: Love + truth
“Love without truth is sentimentality.”
Quote of the day: Pray for your enemies
“There’s nothing that makes us love someone so much as praying for them.”
Are you crazy for God?
Are you crazy in love with God? Do you know the love of God? Deep down? Do you know you…