Keep your heart soft
Life gets real, and it can be rather messy. The world is full of good things, but it is also filled with people who are broken, who then end...
Who are you really?
When last have you stopped to ask yourself this question, "Who are you really?" As the years go by, the circumstances of life can shape us and mold us. ...
The Mandela Effect
Ever heard of ‘confabulation’? It sounds like a made-up word but it’s the clinical definition used by psychologists to describe the unconscious process of creating a story the narrator...
Book Review: Accidental Saints – Finding God in all the wrong people
A short while ago I finished reading Nadia Bolz-Weber's second book, 'Accidental Saints'.
Her first book Pastrix: The Cranky Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint burst on to the...
Let’s face it
Everyone has issues. Everyone has blind spots. Sometimes it takes people close to you to point those things out. It's never easy to face your imperfections and dysfunctions, but...
What on earth am I here for?
What on earth am I here for? How many times has this question popped into your head? How many times have you thought to yourself:
Have I been given a...
Walking in the other direction
What does it mean to follow Jesus?
For a tax collector named Zach, who was not known for being the most scrupulous of people, it meant a financial sacrifice.
Zacchaeus was...
Trust God through the storm.
When I was 17 years old, I read a play called 'The Tempest' by William Shakespeare. In a rough summary, it was about these people who were on a...
Is God far away?
Do you feel like God is far away? Does He seem like a distant deity who is aloof and disengaged? How you view God is often influenced by how you...
Drawing the line
One thing I have seen in Africa, that is as justified as it is heartbreaking, is how much the past still affects us. Economically millions are still suffering under...