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David

  • Long live the fairy tale

    Once upon a time, parents would read stories to their children. Stories are medicine. They don\'t require a response but they are embedded with instructions to guide us through the complexities of life.

  • Here, let me help you with that: suicide.

    I recently saw Me Before You, the film adaption of Jojo Moyes book of the same name. Having not previously read the book, I was not prepared for the direction that the film took.

  • Value in suffering

    I see a theme repeated in my life, more often than I would like actually; learning to find the value in suffering.

  • Gays must be respected, accompanied pastorally by churches, Pope Francis says

    Pope Francis has called on Christians to respect gays, and \"accompany\" their choices in his latest rebuke against the Church for its treatment toward the LGBTQ community.

  • Nelson Cook on change of heart

    Nelson Cook who established Coaches of Influence (COIN) 30 years ago in Los Angeles USA writes a monthly letter to the many coaches at professional, college and high school levels and the current correspondence touches the spot.

  • Insights from Greco-Roman Times – A Christian Response

    Author Rex Dale\'s new release \"Insights From Greco-Roman Times – A Christian Response\" is well worth a read to get a grasp on how people before the time of Christ thought about life and how to deal with its mysteries.

  • What does it mean to worship?

    We all have our various preferences during worship, do we not? Whether we like praise over worship or vice versa, or prefer some songs and instruments more than others, we all seem to be more spiritually responsive to certain elements of Sunday worship.

  • Why nasty thoughts stay in your brain

    I was listening to a famous author on a podcast talk about some research a neuroscientist had shown him. He was told they\'ve discovered in brain scans how certain thoughts attach themselves to our brains.

  • Orlando Shooting pits Muslims against gay people

    The soft bigotry of low expectations is to infantilise radical Muslims (in this case) to the level of children with no free will or social responsibility—while obviously upholding higher standards for everyone else, especially white people.

  • Pray for unity, reconciliation in time of 'enormous uncertainty': Evangelical Alliance UK

    The Evangelical Alliance has called for prayer after Britons voted to leave the European Union, a move that has been labeled an \"explosive shock\" by French leaders.