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What to do when you feel rejected

What to do when you feel rejected

Have you ever felt left out and rejected? Have you ever had a friend who you thought was a really close one, until you realise you weren’t invited to one of their recent parties?Have you ever been scrolling through Facebook or instagram and seen a few friends out and you weren’t invited?.

  • Love boxes or shoot boxes?

    There is a list of words I could have used instead of “shoot” in my article title. Hate, exclude, write-off, oppress are some synonyms for my use of shoot. Given the recent tragedy in Christchurch you might get my point. 

  • Kangaroos

    On the ‘prickle farm’ here, we are not short of a few kangaroos.

  • Raising money is a spiritual activity

    One of my roles as the Queensland State Representative for Baptist World Aid Australia is to raise money for our work. Even as I type, I can hear the pastors among us gasp at the thought of having to speak about money in every sermon, but actually, I really enjoy my role of fundraising within churches. I think raising money can be a tangible, and exciting spiritual activity.

  • Scars of art

    Body art, ink, tatts, call them what you like. Tattoos have been around for thousands of years(First discovered on mummies in 3370 BC). But they still face a lot of the same stigma today that they did more than 75 years ago when the troops started coming home with them after the war.

  • Confident

    The other day my work colleague asked me if I was confident in making coffee’s. (holler I’ve probably made a proper coffee twice in my life). I said ‘Sure!’. He looked at me confused, knowing full well I didn’t know how to use a coffee machine. ‘You can be confident at anything, doesn’t mean you know what you’re doing.’

  • Free from fear

    As human beings, fear is a natural part of life. It can even be helpful in some circumstances to protect us from dangerous situations.

  • Ministry today – the future ‘different’

    Reverend Dr David Smethurst is in his 70s and for many years has developed several international missional identities all of which are faith financed based.

  • Monsters and Monstrance: Reflections of Man and God.

    By the time you read this I will have finished reading, Mary Shelly's 'Frankenstein'. Why am I reading Frankenstein? It is for my minor thesis, a document of many words. One that has not yet been written. Though it is coming together.

  • Vigilantism today

    There is an increase in the incidents where citizens take matters into their own hands if they are physically threatened.

  • A reaction to exploitative practices

    Should we, as consumers be making our views known to the businesses we buy from?

  • Denominations, a fancy word for disunity

    For someone to plot disunity, an effective strategy would be to focus on differences.