Life

What we can learn from life's storms
What we can learn from life's storms

Storms take many forms. But there is value in each storm. You've been there at some point in your life. Or maybe you are there right now. The storm experience - that tricky or difficult season in your life.

What Leonardo's depiction of Virgin Mary and Jesus tells us about his religious beliefs
What Leonardo's depiction of Virgin Mary and Jesus tells us about his religious beliefs

On the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci's death, Italian academic Francesco Caglioti's recent claim that...

The good old days are today
The good old days are today

As a leader of a faith community I'm going to do all that I can to ensure that today will be good old days

How to handle anything life throws at you
How to handle anything life throws at you

We've heard it before, "No one gets to skip the tough stuff in life," or, "Everybody's got something."

Joy after dejection: what we can learn from Easter Saturday
Joy after dejection: what we can learn from Easter Saturday

The Saturday of Easter is a day that is easily overlooked. For one thing there is very little mention of it in the Bible. Yet there is more than this behind its neglect.

Couple married for 82 years: church is a 'must in our house'
Couple married for 82 years: church is a 'must in our house'

"We go to church every Sunday. That's a must in our house. We must go to church. We were always taught to go in and it just stayed with us. Both of us go to church," she said.

Don't let worry have the final word
Don't let worry have the final word

There is a different life available where we live dependent on God's resources and not just our own.

Homeschooled children aren't as socially isolated as you might think
Homeschooled children aren't as socially isolated as you might think

Some people believe homeschooled children miss out on socialising with others and are sheltered from the normal pressures of life.

Challenged by the Beatitudes: can we live like Jesus whatever the cost?
Challenged by the Beatitudes: can we live like Jesus whatever the cost?

The beatitudes call us to put into action the ideas that we have about peace-making and justice and doing good – whatever the cost. This is not reserved for exceptional individuals or icons of change like Tubman, Gandhi, and King. It is the way that we all invited to, if we follow in the way of Jesus.

How our sense of taste changes as we age
How our sense of taste changes as we age

As we get older, favourite treats might not taste the same as they once did

Satan is trying to attack biblical manhood, says pastor Tony Evans
Satan is trying to attack biblical manhood, says pastor Tony Evans

Satan is determined to undermine men, destroy their God-given roles, and re-define the biblical definition of manhood because he wants to see the family unravel and society crumble, Pastor Tony Evans has warned.

What do I wear? My dilemma about identity and throwaway fashion
What do I wear? My dilemma about identity and throwaway fashion

If I give in to the culture of throwaway, fast fashion then I'm not honouring my responsibility to be a good steward of the creation I have been put in charge of or upholding the greatest commandment of loving God and loving my neighbours as myself.

Getting rid of the old to let in the new
Getting rid of the old to let in the new

The more you allow God to fill that void you've been facing, the less you'll need anything but Him to bring joy, peace and contentment.

Being at peace in an anxious world
Being at peace in an anxious world

Worry can span all areas of life, from relationships, finances to even our own spiritual state before God.

A lesson from Luke 12: How I became the rich fool
A lesson from Luke 12: How I became the rich fool

That rich fool was a fool is because he thought he had the power to control his future

What's the point of Lent?
What's the point of Lent?

If we think Lent is just about having less, we're missing the point