If you’re digging for dirt, you’re always going to find it, and you’re always going to overlook the gold. I was watching one of the many T.V. cop shows the other night and they were ‘digging for dirt’. The detectives were scouring over the history of a suspect looking […]
Spiritual Formation
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Try harder, you can do it, just memorise these verses/insights, pray more, … just STOP IT. Ever felt frustrated at change in yourself. You try to stop doing the things that annoy you and others. You try and try and try. You have people in your life who think you’re […]
Art takes you places and invites you to savour new thoughts and ideas. Recently I came across this picture of Jesus and the Little Children. Painted by Carl Bloch it grabbed my attention. The people brought children to Jesus, hoping he might touch them. The disciples shooed them off. But […]
Where are you now? Erik Fisher and Jim Woods have just written a wonderful book on goal setting. Erik has a truly brilliant podcast called ‘Beyond the To Do List’. The first chapter asks the question. Where are you now? The point he is making is that in order to […]
Right out of the blue some words are spoken and thoughts are triggered. Feelings rush in like a flood. The panic button has been pushed. Panic, heart racing, fear, sweat. Your mind is completely caught up in this moment of drama You trace out the possible future if ‘this’ […]
There are times we need someone to walk alongside and remind us very clearly that we are loved and have value. It might your own thought life that wants to drag you down. It might be abuse from others or stigma. For Francis of Assisi, it was his father. Francis […]
‘I would never have dreamed that I could have done that.’ I think I get my greatest joy in life when I see people achieve dreams that they never thought would be possible. Mental Illness, and disability in general, often robs people of opportunities. Just because a person has depression, […]
It was one of those magic moments that will stay in my memory forever, I can still hear the echoes now. The Pisa Baptistery is famous for its perfect acoustics. The guide stands on the other side of the baptistery and sings a few notes, pauses then sings a few more, […]
Have you ever been found, found out, or found wanting? We all want to be known. Artist: David Hayward This picture comes from the story of the Men caught in Hypocrisy. Jesus went across to Mount Olives, but he was soon back in the Temple again. Swarms of people came to him. He sat down […]
Never Borrow Sorrow from Tomorrow Deal only with the present — never step into tomorrow, For God asks us just to trust Him and to never borrow sorrow, For the future is not ours to know, and it may never be, So let us live and give our best and […]