Faith

Is your faith more than just good feels?

Do you remember the moment when you accepted Christ into your heart? Think back with me to where it all began: Were you saved in a stadium bathed in lights? Or did it occur in the quiet of your own...

Faith

Do you believe you need prayer?

It’s a special kind of tragedy when a rich inheritance is left unclaimed because no one looked at the final will. The tragedy isn’t in the inheritance’s loss of value over time –...

Faith

The secret is in the secret place

“For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God” (Deuteronomy 4:24) As a young boy, my desire had always been wanting to live passionately and on fire for Jesus. The one big question I...

Faith

Hold on to the rope

Just before I changed churches, I was serving to the point of burnout. I had taken up all kinds of roles: PA Team, Backup Singing, Video and Post-Production, Social Media, Youth Leader … I was...

Faith

Why isn’t God telling me His exact plan for my life?

2017 was a difficult year. I struggled greatly with not knowing what the future held for me. Drained and listless, I lived like this until a week came where I responded to an altar call and...

Faith

The upside-down logic of God

“God, I can’t do this. Are you sure you want me to? Really, really sure?” That was my anxious plea the first time someone asked me to play the piano for Church service. But I had...

Work

This wasn’t the life I’d planned (and it’s much better this way)

I always thought everything would come together in a nicely-wrapped package once I crossed triumphantly into adulthood. I would have a flourishing career with the picture-perfect family – and maybe...

Work

Anxious over big decisions in life?

I remember when I was choosing universities, and looking for courses I could take. It wasn’t going to be medicine for me though: I didn’t take biology, and I retched after we dissected a...

Faith

Your identity isn’t tied to what you do

When I was in school, I consistently topped the class in maths and sciences. I was a straight-A student except for the consistent B’s I got for languages and humanities. I went to top schools...