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When following Jesus has to wait
We can genuinely want to follow Jesus while keeping the things that make us feel secure under our own control. Haggai invites us to give careful thought to our ways.
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How Our Histories Shape Us: Grace for New Beginning
Our history has shaped what we notice, what we fear and what we think is normal. Through Ezra and the resurrection of Jesus, we find an invitation to face our past honestly, receive grace for another beginning and give ourselves to what God is doing now.
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Do You See This Person? Learning to Love Your Neighbour
Jesus asked Simon, “Do you see this woman?” It’s a question that challenges our fears, our assumptions and even the way we help. Loving our neighbours means seeing beyond their labels—and allowing them to love us too.
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When our friends become prospects
Would I still want to be your friend if you never became a Christian? A reflection on ulterior and ultimate motives, loving our neighbours, and sharing how Jesus meets us in ordinary life and pain.
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Work as Love Made Visible: A Biblical View of Work
Work is more than a way to earn money, but it was never meant to become our identity. Beginning with the Garden of Eden, this article explores how work reflects the image of God, why Sabbath matters and how our calling continues beyond paid employment.
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Find Real Friends: How to Build Friendship in a Lonely World
We have never had more ways to connect, yet many of us feel increasingly alone. Real friendship begins when we stop waiting to be noticed and take the brave first step of noticing someone else.
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Build Your Imperfect Family: Five Practices for Healthier Relationships
Family is one of God’s greatest gifts—and one of life’s greatest challenges. There is no perfect family, but through prayer, forgiveness, honesty and grace, we can help build healthier families and churches.
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The Church as a Community of Truth: Learning to Discern Together
Many Christians know the Bible well but still struggle to recognise God’s wisdom in everyday life. This article explores why the church exists not simply to teach truth, but to become a community where believers learn to discern, embody, and live God’s truth together.
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You Are Not Your Feelings: Finding Emotional Maturity
Our culture encourages us to trust our feelings above almost everything else. But what if our feelings aren’t telling us the whole truth? Drawing on Scripture, Viktor Frankl, Arthur C. Brooks and the example of Jesus, this article explores what emotional maturity looks like and why followers of Jesus can acknowledge every feeling honestly without allowing those feelings to become their master.
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Getting the Life You Want: Why Happiness Isn’t the Goal
Most of us want to be happy, but what if we’ve been aiming at the wrong target? Drawing on our everyday experience, the timeless wisdom of Scripture, and insights from Arthur C. Brooks’ Getting the Life You Want, this article explores why happiness is not simply the absence of sadness, pain, or struggle. Instead, it points us towards something richer—a life marked by enjoyment, purpose, satisfaction, and hope. If Jesus really came so that we might “have life, and have it to the full,” perhaps it’s time to stop chasing happiness and start discovering the whole life he offers.
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Why Your Suffering Matters: What 1 Peter Teaches About Pain, Growth and Love
A return to Broken Hill after 35 years prompted a reflection on how quickly life passes. Drawing on 1 Peter 4, this article explores why suffering is not something to fear, but something God can use to shape us into people who love Him and others more deeply.
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What Does It REALLY Mean to Live With Hope?
We live in a world that tells us to trust ourselves, follow our feelings, and create our own truth. Peter offers a very different vision. Real hope begins with repentance, grows through the work of the Holy Spirit, and becomes visible through lives that love and suffer differently. What if hope is not simply something we believe, but something we live?
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How Should Christians Engage With Politics? A Christian Response to Division and Power
Politics can easily shape us more than Jesus does. In a divided world filled with outrage, fear and tribalism, 1 Peter offers a different vision. Followers of Jesus are called to engage politically with truth, humility, justice, mercy and compassion — without placing their hope in power or political tribes.
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The Answer to Your Biggest Problem (It’s Not What You Think)
What if the biggest problem in your life isn’t actually your biggest problem? Beneath every struggle is a deeper story shaping how you see yourself, others, and God. This post explores how that story works—and how Jesus invites you into a better one that leads to real life.
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Why Following Your Feelings Isn’t Working (and What to Do Instead)
We’re often told to follow our feelings, but the Bible suggests something more complex. Our inner world is shaped by many influences—some healthy, some not—and real life is found not in following every feeling, but in anchoring our hope in God.
