Friendship

Relationships

Do you have friends who will wound you for your holiness?

Do you have friends who will wound your pride for your holiness? Recently I was regaling two of my closest friends withĀ myĀ quarter-life crisis woes. This has been happening fairly often in this...

Relationships

Lessons learnt from losing a friend: How to maintain a lifelong relationship

2003. I still remember theĀ first time I metĀ her. We were both 11-years-old when she transferred to my class. Her hair was tied into a tight ponytail. With her fringe pinned up, every single...

Relationships

Iā€™m an introvert, but I won’t let that be my excuse

Iā€™m a claustrophobic introvert and itā€™s pretty obvious. Me-time is my favourite time of the day. Itā€™s when I just lie on my bed and read, or watch some YouTube videos. Just me and myself....

How-tos & Handles

I don’t like somebody in church, what now?

“Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave...

Relationships

No agenda love: Carrying the heart of God

I must constantly make this clear to myself: The purpose of helping, serving, caring for or befriending anyone is to represent Godā€™s heart to them. It is to express to them how He feels toward them...

Relationships

Living in the tension

Tension. Some of us face it almost every day. Maybe at work. Maybe in our relationships.Ā Or maybe, for you it’s aĀ deep internal struggle. I face this tension whenĀ I find myself pulled in...

Relationships

Seasonal friendships: When people come and go

ā€œWe’ll be friends forever!ā€ But forever didn’t last long. We began drifting apart the moment our schedules evolved from convenient to conflicting. Before I knew it, I had become a...

Faith

Whatā€™s the point of church if we can worship God anywhere?

IĀ spent all my free time finishing work for a church missions project. I was exhausted, irritable, and just wantedĀ to hide from the world. I text Sarah*, a close friend from church, informing her...

Faith

How to create a safer church community for people with same-sex attraction

I’veĀ been a Christian for 24 years ā€“ andĀ lived with same-sex desiresĀ for nearly 20 of them. A few years ago, the Lord convicted my heart that it was not part of His will for me to act on...