In Luke's gospel, we read a beautiful account of what friendship looks like. A man who was paralysed and lay on a mat most of his life couldn’t get to the man who could heal him.  Four of his faith-filled friends decided to carry him. They walked carrying him on his mat. It doesn’t say how long they walked. When they got to the house where Jesus was teaching, the house was bursting at its seams. It was full of people, all leaning in, hanging on to every word he was speaking.

Hi, and welcome back! We’re going to finish the section on processing disappointment today with this blog, which is all about listening. I know, it’s something that a lot of us aren’t very good at, but hang in there! At this stage, it’s important to understand that processing is not about ‘naval gazing’, getting deeply introspective. This last step in processing is about talking with and listening to Holy Spirit, and then partnering with Him to bring about any changes needed

At the start of the day, consider yourself as raw material in the hands of the Master Craftsman whose aim is to transform that raw material into something useful, beautiful, and purposeful. It might be a blank page on which a new song or fresh story is written, or even a beautiful sketch created, one that is personal and meaningful to you, and one that holds significance for those around you. It may be a blank canvas, fresh and new, resting on The Great Painter's easel, where

Hello, and welcome back to the Wilderness Blog! We’re going to continue delving into the topic of how to process the tough stuff we have...

I had a dream where I was holding a potato in each hand. It was a large potato, a main crop potato, and it was just about to produce...

Beloved one, this is a delicate situation that can only be addressed and dealt with within a courtroom setting. You have been wronged by...

I’ve often wondered how the children of Israel processed their disappointment and the traumas that they faced on their wilderness...

The waves looked a little angry, but not so vicious that I didn’t want to enter them. A few of the swimming group decided that it wasn’t...

One day during the Covid 19 lockdown, I asked Holy Spirit to give me a strategy for the difficult season we found ourselves in. One of...

I heard this in my spirit last week: Aslan is on the move! Aslan, for those who don’t know, is C.S. Lewis’s type of Christ in his book - ...

Part of learning how to wait well involves developing the discipline of waiting, without getting stuck  – and that isn’t as easy as it...

I once heard a church leader say ‘You don’t need deeper teaching, you just need deeper application’ This was in response to disgruntled...

Dear child I invite you to walk boldly to my throne. You do not need to enter my presence with shame or fear. I invite you to come with...

As children growing up in Zimbabwe, my brother and I used to keep silkworms and, each year in summer, we watched the process of...

He sits alone on the bench Looking out onto the street Strange faces pass him by Not one has time for him today. As the wind blows around...

Waiting for something exciting, like a holiday you’ve had booked for ages, or Christmas (especially for children and those of us who are...

Photo by bschwehn  on Freeimages.com I see myself standing at a crossroads.  Ahead of me, I can see the narrow path that leads to life. ...

There is usually a fair amount of waiting involved in travelling, and every parent dreads the time when their kids ask that age-old...

The Truth has been so eroded in the Body of Christ that it has become diluted and lost much of its potency. It is vital now to recover...

I see the rending of our filthy garments in the streets. I hear the fierce rips of cotton and linen once paraded on social media and on...