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Unpacking the baggage of life, love, and spirituality

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…

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Made perfect in Christ

Every day is a lesson on our own limitations.

We learn how fragile we are; how vulnerable.

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I am a fool, but that’s OK.

I am a fool, but that’s OK.
Jesus is wise.

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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…

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Embrace the new you

Maddie was 17 when she started drinking.   She and friends were curious about what it would be like. They…

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Kindness is often the smallest thing

In the darkest times, kindness shines brightest.

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Freedom from anxiety

What do you think is the most highlighted verse of the Bible?

According to Kindle, it’s this…

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Poem: Detangling the damage

I asked for humbling.

He came in.

Exposed the weakness

And the sin.

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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.

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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…

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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.”

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.

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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.

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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…

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Quote of the Day: Life = Interruptions

“The truth is, of course, that what one regards as interruptions are precisely one’s life.”

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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.”

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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.”

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Quote of the day: Avoiding deep surrender

We give Him what we perceive to be our obedience yet internally resist a deeper surrender.

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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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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Quote of the day: Love + truth

“Love without truth is sentimentality.”

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Quote of the day: Pray for your enemies

“There’s nothing that makes us love someone so much as praying for them.”

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Quote of the Day: Easter

I love it when someone’s words stop me in my tracks. Over the next few weeks I’ll be sharing thoughts…

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Just call me a clean freak

I love to watch things made clean… I find a kind of therapy in sitting and watching my front loader twist and roll our clothes around, knowing they’ll come out much better than they were before.

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The morning I became a world changer

It was one of those rain-drenched days where every city commuter was in the same boat. Actually, a boat might have been helpful, as every other form of public or personal transport was not going to ensure a quick trip home.

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Will you take up your mat and walk?

ve this re-telling of Jesus healing the paralytic in John 5. It is by author John Eldredge, and appears in his book Desire.

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The life, trials and hope of Lindy Chamberlain

a during the 1980s you’d know the story of Lindy Chamberlain. The New-Zealand born Australian woman was camping in Uluru with her family in a public campground when, during the night, her nine-week-old daughter Azaria disappeared.

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Edging into comfort and love

awoke from my nap to discover our black cat pressed into my side, sleeping. Chloe had edged her way into the curve of my waist to absorb as much human warmth as possible.

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Keep tabs on the treasures

I am grateful – completely and utterly – because today I make the choice to be.

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Three things you can do during a tough time

Are you going through a hard time right now?

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Just breathe. It’s OK not to have a super-duper action plan but to trust God instead.

Even though many of us take a break from work over the new year, it can feel anything but relaxing.…

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10 things to celebrate as 2021 winds up

As the year winds to a close, it’s tempting to give ourselves a hard time about the things that have…

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The Father’s arms are open

Sometimes we’re tempted to think we have to somehow have it all together before we can approach God. That we…

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How coming to faith brings a peace like no other

When people come to faith in Jesus they often say they feel a peace they’ve never felt before. This verse…

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Was it a good year?

How do you define a good year?

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Memories of my father

My dad passed away last month. I took some time on this rainy Sunday afternoon in lockdown to jot down some of the memories I have of him. Thank you for reading…

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A glimpse of my father’s legacy

My dad passed away this week at 79 years of age, after years battling dementia.

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Be curious about what you’re consuming

Are you watching too many demoralising news reports or endlessly scrolling social media?
Are you aware of the impact of too much media consumption?
It’s so important to take ownership of what we’re consuming and make wise choices.

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Resilience and tapping into positive emotions

Here, I talk about proactively finding activities that produce positive emotions.

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Notice the moments of joy

Here, I share a story about the boy who taught my friend how to notice and celebrate small moments of joy in the midst of suffering.

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Accept God’s grace with this mindfulness exercise and prayer

📍 Final Lockdown Video 📍 The last video in this series is a mindfulness exercise focused on accepting God’s grace.…

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The Jesus Prayer: A reading

💛 Can I share a favourite prayer with you? 💛

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She loves nothing more than pondering the meaning of life over an unusual tea or a glass of wine. She's a true 'creative type' and loves speaking, writing and acting in her spare time.

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