Sight-Seeing: What do the lonely do at Christmas?
CANDICE MARIE BENBOW, in an article published on Religion News Service, writes that now, more than ever, people are becoming comfortable sharing their grief and longing during the holidays…
Homesick for God?
In the West we have poverty, but it’s a different kind of poverty to the developing world. PICTURE: Sasha Freemind/Unsplash Few people die of poverty in the West. But lots of people die of loneliness. I heard recently someone define loneliness as “homesickness for God”. What a profound notion. If we lived in a world […]
ESSAY: SOCIAL DISTANCING CAN MAKE YOU LONELY. HERE’S HOW TO STAY CONNECTED WHEN YOU’RE IN LOCKDOWN
In an article first published on The Conversation, Australian academics MICHELLE H LIM and JOHANNA BADCOCK look at tips for how to stay connected in a time of “social distancing”…
SIGHT-SEEING: FINDING OURSELVES IN A LONELY WORLD
NILS VON KALM reflects on the importance of community in the Christian walk…