A Wellness Path

Lets Just Do One thing Well

Many times the expectations on us are just too heavy. When I saw this image I just had to use it. So many times we want to be the dog on the right, doing great things, projecting strength, and on top of everything. Whereas, in reality, we are more like […]

Poetry Spiritual Formation

The Perfect Cup

The Perfect Cup it is time for meto see the flawsof myselfand stopbeing alarmed it is time for meto halt my drivefor perfectionand to accept my blemishes it is time for meto receiveslowly evolving growththe kind that comesin God’s own good timeand pays no heed to my panicky pushing it […]

Mental health

Part 2. How to set Goals when your in the Middle of a Minefield

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Pressure to set Goals and New Years Resolutions can bring the reminders of past failures back into focus. Why bother stepping into the mine field of making goals? Link to Part 1 of this series. I know it’s hard to set goals when you may have had so many failures in the past. […]

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Out of the Darkness

Do you, or someone you know, struggle with Depression? This could be the best Christmas present. I have just finished adapting my book ‘Out of the Darkness’ into an eBook. The hard copy version has helped hundreds of people and i have had incredible feedback, particularly that it is easy to read […]

The Hobbit - A sword not a walking stick

Spiritual Formation

3 Steps to Wearing a Sword Instead of a Walking Stick

Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit I wonder what adventure lies just outside your door? The Hobbit […]

Spiritual Formation

How Looking in the Rear-View Mirror can Steer Where you are Going

Transformation is something we more easily see in the rear-view mirror than out the side window. David Benner What’s the view out of your side window like at the moment? Fast and furious? Blurred, as the year whizz’s by you? In this post I want to sow an idea in […]

Poetry

Seeds for Thought

Seeds for Thought The sword is heavy. And piercing sharp. Stronger than rock, It yields a mighty blow To the foe With each assault. The bow and arrow Are light and swift. Silent war implement, It yields a surprise attack To front or back, From […]

Spiritual Formation

Pt.1 How to Forgive when the Knife Thrower has Sneezed.

The man with the knives, the pretty girl on the target, the drum roll and then the silence. A knife whistles through the air into the target, inches away from the young lady. Then another, and another and another. The crowd is hushed and shocked at the danger, the […]

Spiritual Formation

Have you been Marked for Groaning and Sighing?

It was a story that released an inner groan. It was the story of a North Korean soldier being executed for failing to grieve after the death of Kim Jong-il. He was caught drinking during the 100 day mourning period. Execution is bad enough, but the way he was […]

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Help … My friend is suicidal

It was a shock, a sad and terrible event that could have been prevented. A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post ‘I’m and All Black and I’m Ok’. What prompted it was the suicide of someone in our local community. In our Church service, the following Sunday morning, […]