Falling, or standing, in love?
What an idea from psychiatrist Irvin Yalum – “there is a world of difference between falling in love and standing in love.” PICTURE: Christopher Beloch/Unsplash When you fall in love, you risk subsuming yourself in another person, becoming lost, dissolved in them. It sounds romantic, intoxicating: it is. But it’s our unconsciousness trying to deal with our loneliness, anxiety, and fear of […]
Sight-Seeing: Why I am still a Christian
NILS VON KALM reflects on his long walk with Jesus…
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…
Four givens
Renowned psychiatrist Irvin Yolem talks about the four givens of human existence: isolation, meaninglessness, freedom and mortality. PICTURE: deberarr/iStockphoto At our core, we all battle with our feelings of being alone, of wanting autonomy, the desire for meaning, and the reality of death. These are the existential challenges that drive our anxiety, and we either ignore […]
Essay: An unfathomable love
CHRIS GILBERT reflects on the meaning of Easter…
This Life: Learning to have pure joy in seasons of suffering
CHARISSA CHEONG says that when we face trials – as Jesus did – it is often a sign that God is doing a great work…
Sight-Seeing: Weeping in Nashville
SCOTT SAULS, senior pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee, contemplates – in an article published by Religion News Service – the ‘why?’ of this week’s shooting…
Re-parenting
Many of our personal problems can be traced back to the way we were parented. Were we encouraged or ignored? Loved or Abandoned? Emptied of ego, taught to move from wants to needs? To care for others? PICTURE: Julianne Liebermann/Unsplash The research around this is challenging. Often what we need is re-parenting. Who will do that for […]
Church of England explores gender neutral God
London, UKReuters The Church of England will look into the use of gender neutral terms to refer to God in prayers, but the centuries-old institution said on Wednesday there were no plans to abolish current services. The issue reflects growing global awareness about the assumed usage of pronouns causing offence or upset to those who […]
This Life: Worshipping God when you’re at your weakest
CHARISSA CHEONG reflects on how she was reminded of the transformative power of worship…