Category Archives: How faith and life relate

Doing the right thing can seem a lot harder than doing the wrong thing. Doing good things can be hard work with what seems to be very little reward, recognition or results. Many times it even costs or hurts us to do what we know is right. It is far easier to go with theContinue reading “Dont give up on good”

Many of us live life harder than its needs to be.  We make choices and decisions that are often spontaneous and selfish.  Then we wonder why we end up in such difficult and sometimes depresssing situations.  Many times we will blame God for how things turn out without considering that we forgot to include HimContinue reading “Harder than it needs to be”

Many of us feel stuck with who we are.  Perhaps you are not happy with the way you look, the way you react to certain triggers or respond to particular types of situations.  You may not be happy with your personality, your weaknesses or your habits. “I will never change” and “It’s just the wayContinue reading “Feeling stuck”

As we journey through life we can ask the question ‘why is this happening to me?  This could be a realisation of the incredible opportunity and good fortune we have compared to others but mostly it is in response to difficulty,  sickness and hardship.  Somehow deep down we figure that there must be a purposeContinue reading “Why me?”

We all know two wrongs don’t make a right but what about some other combinations.  A right thing done right is right.   A right thing done wrong is wrong. A wrong thing done right is wrong. Of course it all depends on what your right and wrong is. For those who don’t know theContinue reading “Right and wrong”

I find people generally think that to follow Jesus means to give up all the freedom and fullness of life.  It has been a downfall of the church to give the impression that to be a “Christian” is about the ‘thou shall nots’, being somber, serious and even sour.  Many have fallen for this andContinue reading “Real life”

One day we will know.  One day there will come the time when everyone will know who is right and who is wrong.  With so many different beliefs and religions held and adhered to around the world throughout history it can be difficult to make sense of them all.  Why so many? Why is thereContinue reading “That One day”

It doesn’t make sense.  It doesn’t seem fair.  Why would he? How could he? But he did.  Thank God he did.

It is impossible to understand God, it is impossible to be good enough for Him, it is impossible to change ourselves, it is impossible for us to change others and it is impossible for anyone who is sinful, selfish and stubborn to be transformed by their own efforts.  Everyone knows that and Jesus said toContinue reading “The impossible”

It seems natural for us to want to be accepted, popular, powerful and in control.  If anything comes between us and those things we tend to want to do whatever it takes to get them.  It is why peer pressure is so strong, it is why family ties are so binding.  It is why weContinue reading “Responding to ridicule”