Tag Archive for: RELATIONSHIPS

Could Debating Be Better with a Bit of Curiosity and Generosity?

‘The Principle of Charity’ podcast brings together those on opposing sides of hot-button topics, to explore difficult conversations with generosity.

From FOMO to HOGO – Exploring ‘Relational Fitness’

In the post-Lockdown world, we now have to use our social skills again. The acronym FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) can be adapted to HOGO (Hassle Of Going Out).

The Importance of Touch in Raising Teens – Tips for Parents

A shortage of healthy touch can effect our wellbeing, and even be psychologically damaging, writes Collett Smart. She shares tips for parents of teens.

How to Do Friendship With the Opposite Sex – God Conversations

Back in the first century, it wasn’t normal for men and women to be friends. But with his radical new ethic of equality, Jesus changed that.

Jakki Overcame Abuse and Wants to Help Others Break Free

Having experienced decades of abusive relationships, Jakki Civeriati began to learn powerful tools to help her break free.

The Most Influential People in the World

Perhaps influential people aren’t the most influential people in the world. Perhaps the most influential people in the world were their parents.

Connection with Your Kids

If connection is so important, but also so transient, how might we best create connections and maintain connections?

Switchfoot’s Tim Foreman Says Opposition is an Opportunity to Grow

“…Can you make something beautiful with people that you strongly disagree with? I think you can, and I think we need to.”

What’s Your Parenting Style?

Studies suggest pretty clearly that there is a right way to parent – authoritatively with a big emphasis on autonomy support rather than control.

Church’s Silence on Sex has Led Christians to Look to the World for Answers

The “Single Minded” online series is seeking to create positive, biblical conversations about sex, starting with “Rethinking Biblical Sexuality”.

The Healing Power of Going Back

There are places in our lives that we haven’t visited in a long time, and to which its good to go back to begin a much needed healing process.

Do People Matter?

As the day closed I looked on as those around me returned home; mothers, tradesmen, students, businessmen and grandmas. All with their own lives.

Kath Sees Our Christian Community, And She Wants Some

“We haven’t got everything right,” I said, “But our church community has been amazing at helping people and being a family.”

What Are You Holding Out For?

I was holding out for something external to happen to me to give me permission to change. I didn’t even realise that this was an expectation that I had.

The Antidote to Offence

Offence can be like a poison that seeps into your relationships with friends and family, and even cloud the lens through which you view the world.

Do You Trust Me?

By: Dr. John Townsend Vicky sat at the kitchen table, stunned and hurt. Her four-year-old marriage to Alex, on which she had pinned so many hopes and dreams, seemed false. She had just heard from a friend that Alex had been seen lunching with…

Maintaining Your Marriage During the Parenting Years

By: Arlene Pellicane Date nights during the courtship years might have included bouquets of roses, candlelight dinners and strolls through the park. But date night looks quite different now that you have kids. These days, your “romantic…