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When Cracks Appear, Check Your Foundations

Our engineer’s advice added a week to our build and significant cost to our budget, but it’s a helpful metaphor for our personal lives, too.

“Go at the Speed of Joy,” He Said. But Could I?

Six words dropped into my mind as if from heaven: “Go at the speed of joy”. I’ve been trying to put them into practice ever since.

It’s Those Who Truly Seek That Find

Forrest Fenn’s hidden treasure was so valuable, hundreds left their jobs to search for it, while some even died. Sheridan Voysey reflects.

Why You Should Deface Your Books

Dog ears and margin scribbles in a book is a sure sign of how much the author has made a reader think or imagine, writes Sheridan Voysey

Why Can’t Us Men Tell Each Other How We Feel?

Why is it, in male friendships, that when a mate gets close, all we can do is joke, asks writer Sheridan Voysey.

Are These the 3 Themes of Every Human Journey?

After turning 50, I’ve discovered that my life has been all about the unfurling of just three main themes.

We Don’t Bow to Zeus Anymore, But We’re No Less Religious

Our God is whatever our ‘ultimate concern’ is—the prime thing we try to get meaning and purpose from: be it money, success, family, or a political ideology.

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.

Humility Hasn’t Always Been a Virtue. Here’s How its Meaning Changed

Along with kindness and generosity, humility may be our most-cited quality of a good person. But it hasn’t always been considered a virtue.

Let’s Talk About Identity

Each of us play many roles in life, which each contribute to our identity. But what if you can’t take on the role you always wanted, or lose it?

How to Combat Conspiracy Theories

Conspiracy theories of all kinds are proliferating right now, dividing families and communities, and putting the health of many at risk.

The Breath Prayer

A breath prayer is a simple, short and very helpful in times of busyness and stress as it can be prayed while working or during a short break.

Friends, I Beg You: Stop Passing on Covid Information You’re Not Qualified to Understand

Too many of us are taking on the task of interpreting medical and public health data and procedures we have no knowledge about.

Ready for a New Adventure? Make Sure it Has These Four Things

Whether we’re renovating a house, starting a side business, writing a book or launching a new mission, adventures of all kinds keep our heart beating.

Relax. You Don’t Need to Have an Opinion on Everything

Beware the twin fallacies of omniscience and omnicompetence that lead us to believe we’re competent to judge and speak.

Healing the Wounds of Jesus’ Followers

An investigation into Ravi Zacharias who was found to have systematically groomed vulnerable women over many years has left many believers bleeding.

Six Ways to Tend Your Soul in Times of Turmoil

How can we cultivate, care for and tend our soul in he midst of chaos to stay, well, sane? There are a couple of things you can do, here are six strategies.

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.