Have you ever been in a situation where you felt totally underqualified for what was being asked of you? Where fear and self-doubt seemed to drown out everything else? Most of us have. The interesting thing is that the people we admire from history often started in...
Most people use the words “faith” and “belief” as if they meant the same thing. They don’t. The distinction matters more than it sounds, because confusing the two will quietly sabotage your spiritual life. You can believe a great deal...
There are days when nothing makes sense. The plan fell apart. The role you were filling has gone. The version of life you’d been carrying through the year has quietly collapsed, and you’re left wondering what on earth you’re doing here. What you...
On Friday 2nd June 2017, my doctor rang me. A routine blood test had come back with an unusually high PSA reading, and there was a real possibility I had prostate cancer. I’ll never forget that phone call. Few people do. What followed was the kind of summer most...
Prayer is one of those things people often feel awkward about, even Christians. We don’t always know what to say. We worry we’re doing it wrong. We start, and then we lose the words, and the silence feels uncomfortable. If that’s you, you’re in...
Picture what happens when someone builds a structure on soft ground without proper foundations. It might look fine for a while. The walls go up, the roof goes on, the place looks the part. Then the weather changes, or the ground shifts, or the years pass, and one day...
