Tag Archive for: rest

Slow Down into the New Year

This year, while everyone around me is setting big goals, I feel a need to slow down into the new year, to take an unhurried approach.

Make Sure You Rest and Recharge Before a New Year

Do get the chance to properly rest over the break? And if you do, do you find that you continue to feel tired and fatigued into the new year?

Sabbath – Are You Restoring or ‘Restorying’?

Sunday Sabbath reminds us to start with God – and when you start with God, you write a very different story to the one you write without God.

Pacing – The Art of Rest in Chronic Illness

Pacing is the strategy of managing fatigue and other symptoms in chronic conditions such as post-viral fatigue, CFS and more.

The Importance of Wasting Time

What if wasting time was the most productive thing you could do this week? I mean intentionally giving yourself permission to rest or play.

Simplify and Sabbath This Easter

We must simplify our understanding of embracing a slower lifestyle. Rest is expressed differently for each of us, writes Amanda Viviers.

Unplugging From the Tendrils of Technology

The idea of digital rest is gaining popularity. Rather than being eaten alive by tech, or going entirely off-grid, we should find a balance.

God is My Security… And Much More

Why not mull over these images – the Lord my shield, my sleep, my security, my deliverer? Perhaps they will ring true for you this week.

3 Narratives Worth Living Out This Year

Narrative is powerful. It helps people make sense of their lives and the world around them. It has a way of bringing people in contact with meaning.

Exhausted? Here’s How to Really Recharge This Holiday Season

While 2022 has seen us regain the ‘normal’ we missed, it’s also left many of us feeling totally depleted. Here are some tips to recharge.

Finding True Rest in a World That’s Too Busy

The more we can trust that God is in control and cares for us, and that we don’t have to earn his approval, the more we’ll be able to “rest” .

Solitude for Beginners

Susan Browning was always busy – until the day she started watching clouds go by – and felt a tiny bit restored. It started a new habit.

There’s a Word for What I’m Experiencing: Wintering. Maybe You’re Feeling it Too

‘Wintering’ is a word for those times when life turns cold, through crisis or loss, and we find ourselves living at a slower pace to everyone else.

Making Space: Rediscovering Rest in the Unrelenting Digital Age

Are we so attached to our technology that we have lost the ability to tune out and turn off? What are the implications for us relationally and spiritually?

Rejecting Busy | Living in Rhythm

As a culture we tend to glorify busyness, productivity, expansion and increase, no matter the cost on our health or those closest to us.

How to Soar on the Wings of Eagles

I’ve learnt that if you want to soar high in your life, like you’re on the wings of eagles, then you need to trust in God.

The Balance Myth

Is balance a myth? The truth is, sometimes particular areas of your life will require more of your attention and other times they won’t.

Listen For the Voice that Can Only Be Heard in Stillness

In a workaholic age, the healthiest thing may be to spend a few more days in little rooms by the seaside – in restful, prayerful retreat.