Sight-Seeing: The elegant music of grace in a tone-deaf world
NILS VON KALM expresses his thankfulness for God’s gift of grace…
This Life: Times of plenty – and scarcity
SAMANTHA ELLEY reflects on God’s provision during her time as the owner of a coffee shop…
Sight-Seeing: We want God to be like Batman
Writing from the US, Catholic columnist THOMAS REESE says – in an article first published on Religion News Service – that deep in our hearts, we want God to beat up our enemies and punish evildoers…
This Life: Waiting for overflow in seasons of depletion
CHARISSA CHEONG reflects on how God refills those who are empty…
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…