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Learning How to Stop: Centering prayer

Our minds can be so busy, but learning how to stop is so crucial to our wellbeing. Perhaps centering prayer offers some help. I was watching a two-year-old boy the other day. He was full on in active mode. Walking here and there, playing with this and that. But his […]

Spiritual Practices

He Watches Over Me

We can feel alone, but to have someone there with us helps. He watches over me even in the dark of night. It’s the comfort of having someone there. I know of a young man that has trouble getting to sleep. At times one of his parents has slept […]

Spiritual Practices

God, Give me Sleep

Restless nights, anxious thoughts, and a longing for sleep, but it alludes us. ‘God, give me sleep’ you pray I’ve had times in my life where getting to sleep has been difficult. At other times, I would wake during the night and not be able to get back to […]

Faith & Mental Health

A Place of Feathers

Life can bring times when we feel completely abandoned, but we have a place of feathers that can hold us secure, so we enter that place of being loved, held, and known. I’m not sure why, but for many years the final words of my day as my head rests […]

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And Joseph had a Dream

Confusion can tear our lives apart, but perhaps a dream can clarify. For Joseph, a dream tipped the balance to trust a Christmas mystery. Have you ever felt like your brain is caught in a tug of war? You are pulled and torn in different directions. Your values, rules, expectations, […]

Mental health Spiritual Formation

Dreams, Visions, and Revelations. How they can help

Dreams, visions, and revelations are part of our lives, but what do we do with them? We can treasure them and find their help. Each night as I am about to sleep, I pray a simple two-word prayer – ‘Spirit come.’ I then emotionally see myself being cocooned inside wide […]

How To Prayerfully Listen, Interpret, and Understand Your Dreams

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How To Prayerfully Understand Your Dreams

When I saw my mother-in-law talking very loudly in a distant relatives’ funeral, I then remembered that she didn’t have her hearing aids in, and of course, this made perfect sense … in a dream. Sleep is good and was made to be good. Within the world of our dreams, […]

Getting Well Staying Well Mental health

How A To-Do-List Can Help You Off To Sleep

You can’t carry things while you’re asleep. That may seem a silly statement to make as it seems so obvious. So writing a To-Do list can take those items into tomorrow and give your mind a clear space to sleep. You want a rest, a real rest. One where you […]

Getting Well Staying Well Mental health

To Sleep Like a Baby Become a Little Child

My father’s flannelette pajama shirt was always cozy and warm. As a child I would climb up on his lap, cuddle in and go off to sleep. The rhythm of mums knitting needles clicking beside me added to the feeling of being held and loved. It was a place of deep […]

The First Step To A Great Day Is To Go To Sleep With God

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The First Step for a Great Day Is To Fall Into Sleep

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You want a great day, and you plan for it. But so much is reliant on actually having a good sleep. This is because God has always meant for the day to begin when your head hits the pillow and you rest in Gods trusting embrace. There is a rhythm […]