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The One

The One

The group was too small. An hour of my precious time for just two people?.

  • Trending: ‘Your Church is Too Cliquey for Me.’

    It’s the statements going around in young adult churches lately that break my heart. ‘I’ve tried to make friends, but these people are just so cliquey’, ‘I went there but I didn’t feel welcomed’, ‘I hate it when the church service finishes because I have no one to talk to’.

  • Tear Down the Walls, Peel Back the Layers

    My husband and I bought a ‘project house’ close to two years ago and we are slowly seeing it take shape. It has required the tearing down of some walls and the peeling back of many layers as we (mainly hubby!) re-build and restore our house.

  • An Important Guest

    Here’s an unlikely situation, imagine God, the creator of the universe comes down to earth, knocks on your front door and asks to have dinner with you. What would you do? Many of us struggle with hosting close friends for dinner let alone God.

  • A Loving but Fiery God

  • ‘Free-ish’ Speech: the Modern-day Status of Religious Liberty

    ‘Religious beliefs are part of the humanity of every individual. In a civilised society, individuals respect each other’s beliefs. This enables them to live in harmony.’ – Lord Nicholls

  • Edit Your Life; Keep Only What is Useful, Beautiful and Holy

    Many people feel the need to declutter their homes so that their environment reflects order and beauty.  There are books on de-cluttering and how it blesses our soul, and how we thrive in ordered, minimalistic environments. Usually people do this de-cluttering when they move to a new house or spring clean but some people do this regularly by asking the questions; what do I need to keep and what brings me joy?

  • Parent’s Choice

    Some years ago, I had one of the biggest decisions of my life. It’s not whether or not to get married. Or taking on a new job. Or even deciding to try for a baby.

  • Missionary Mindset in the Everyday

    Only a few short years ago, I was considered a full-time missionary and spent much of my time surrounded by other Christians who were actively living out the lifestyle that comes alongside mission-related work.

  • Let Food be thy Medicine

    This is a a little bit of a different article this month, however this topic has been on my mind for quite some time and thought it was right for me to have a voice on it. A topic we don’t really hear about on the platform as Christians, is around healthy eating and exercise.

  • Gaming Obsession

    I have been aware for some time, of conversations with my wife and her friends about their husband’s computer gaming obsessions. ‘After dinner, most nights he just goes to bed and plays on the Xbox until I come to bed hours later…’ one mum said.

  • Defiant Hope: A Reflection on Resilience

    “The world is indeed full of peril. And in it there are many dark places: but still there is much that is fair. And though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”