This Life: Unforgiveness and a “kinky hose”
SAMANTHA ELLEY reflects on the impacts that follow when we choose not to forgive…
Multi-focals
When I first got glasses, I was adamant that reading glasses were for me. PICTURE: Claudio Schwarz/Unsplash I was worried that multi-focals would make me sick – which they can do for some people – so I chose single focus. My optometrist outlined the pros and cons of each but the decision was mine, and I […]
Fickle
I have this nasal issue where I’m supposed to use an antihistamine every day to keep my nasal passages from swelling and blocking. When this happens, I use it for four days, and they clear up. PICTURE: Diana Polekhina/Unsplash Can you guess what happens? After four days, since I can breathe, I forget to use the […]
This Life: Prayer is our most powerful weapon
US columnist CAROL ROUND looks at the importance of prayer when we confront situations outside of our control…
Freedom – and anxiety
Most of us champion freedom – it’s something we value above most things. But we don’t see the relationship between freedom and anxiety. Anxiety is something we all avoid! With freedom comes responsibility – and anxiety, as Paul Clark learned when he became a camp coordinator. PICTURE: Kevin Erdvig/Unsplash Freedom means becoming responsible. If I am […]
Freedom (with responsibility)
I read something about freedom recently that I can’t believe I previously missed. PICTURE: Jonas Jaeken/Unsplash Most of the time we imagine, or declare, that freedom is an escape from responsibility. Isn’t that what we want? “I want to be free! Free to do what I want, free from responsibility.” But in a huge irony […]
This Life: Combatting climate change – by investing in my relationship with God
SAMANTHA ELLEY says, thanks to God, there remains hope in the fight against climate change…
Influence
Imagine if we could see influence as a golden glow in people’s lives. To wake up and see how you have influenced people for good, and how others had influenced you, would be a humbling thing – filling us with gratefulness and joy. ILLUSTRATION: Lidiia Moor/www.istockphoto.com What if we could also see the bruises in people’s […]
This Life: Worshipping God when you’re at your weakest
CHARISSA CHEONG reflects on how she was reminded of the transformative power of worship…
Parents and children
All the research tells us, and all school teachers know, that most of the issues children have are simply echoes of their parent’s issues. Of course, no parent wants to hear that. PICTURE: Piron Guillaume/Unsplash Why? Because faced with our faults, we feel shame – and shame shuts us down. What a terrible catch-22. How […]