Life
How to control the future
When everyone lies and no-one can be trusted, it creates a world of inherent uncertainty. But promises give us the power to create a certain future.
That lingering sense of guilt
Sin is dead. So why do we still feel so much guilt?
Has God forgotten us in London and Manchester?
The atrocities in Westminster, Manchester and London Bridge are the latest examples in a list of heartache that spans human history. At times like these it feels reasonable to ask if God has left us, or was he ever even there?
Hollow promises of productivity
Books and blogs are constantly offering us the seductive and powerful promise of a more productive life: the end of procrastination, frustration, and incompetence. But our hunger to find out the perfect productivity system reveals something more profound going on in our hearts.
The crucible of unemployment
Unemployment sounds great in theory. Imagine pyjama days every day, no alarm clock jackhammering into your mornings, and time to re-evaluate your entire life priorities whilst catching up on Loose Women. Except, as I recently discovered, it also forces you into deep crisis. Say hello to frozen pizzas and a blossoming relationship with your recruitment agent.
Who do you think you are?
Your sense of identity shapes how you act and how you view the world, so who do you think you are?
Self-improvement generation
Why have we seen an explosion in self-improvement literature in recent years? If increased ambition and our tendency to compare ourselves are behind this trend, where does this leave us? How do we cope with being increasingly dissatisfied with ourselves?
Grace in Tasmania
Sometimes it takes car troubles and a small family in rural Tasmania to grasp the meaning and relevance of this thing called ‘grace’.
The truth that you hide
When life is falling apart, what kind of hero do you need, and what might he ask of you in return?