When you think of Christmas, what first comes to mind? Maybe memories of family coming together, maybe it’s being at church or a carol service, maybe it’s putting up the tree or watching Christmas films. Maybe for you, when you think of Christmas it brings about sad...

Do you ever wish you were a superhero and your magical power was to read people’s minds? Imagine being able to see stress levels so that you can make a difference enabling you to support individuals to be more peaceful. The majority of our stress levels come under one...

We have all seen those punching machines at the arcade haven’t we? The more destructive the punch, the higher the score. This is one simple example where we are taught that gentleness will not help. Another situation that comes to mind, around being too gentle was...

Have you ever had to wait on something for so long that you grew restless? Have you ever had to wait for something you thought might not even come? As Christians we find ourselves ‘waiting on God’ quite often. This can be so hard because we just want something when WE...

What comes to your mind from just the word hope? It takes me back to my childhood. Those days when I was well behaved at school (few and far between) and I hoped that on my way home my parents would stop at a McDonald’s as my reward... Would my expectation be...

Forgiveness at first glance seems simple and obvious. Yet the more you think about it, forgiveness is really strange and extremely allusive. It is wonderful to receive but extremely painful to give. Forgiveness also conjures up lots of questions of variables and...