We just have to accept this! Men and women think differently and brain science research now verifies this. But what was God thinking?...

At around the 20-year mark in our marriage, we were renovating our house. I was full on at church in my pastoral role, I was still...

Did you make a New Year’s resolution? Was it to exercise, eat less, rest more, pray more? I wonder if it lasted. Often, they don’t seem...

CHRISTMAS FORGIVENESS SERIES Christmas time generally means catching up with family. It could mean organising extended family, trying to...

CHRISTMAS FORGIVENESS SERIES As an ongoing psychology, counselling and coaching student, I sometimes pick up fascinating random facts. In...

Christmas Forgiveness Series In the Christmas season we are meant to be jolly but for some people it is anything but a jolly, happy...

FORGIVING YOURSELF SERIES When you’re feeling bad about yourself, do you find a reason to excuse your actions? Do you point the finger at...

FORGIVING YOURSELF SERIES Places to go! People to see and things to do! Busy, busy, busy. My life. Yours too? Is this a result of always...

FORGIVING YOURSELF SERIES I am not really sure if I am ashamed, but being absolutely transparent and naked with the bare, real me – well...

Forgiving Yourself Series Recently, I was thinking about guilt and how it stems from a root of unforgiveness of oneself. I was thinking...

Forgiving Yourself Series Recently I wrote a blog on how to forgive yourself and it was the most-read blog of anything I’ve written, so I...

This my final tip (for the moment), on this important topic and is probably the absolute key for good communication in relationships. If...

This week’s tip is really a game changer in relationships. If you add this to your tool kit your relationships should improve, and you...

My top tips 1 and 2 looked at extending grace towards others and ourselves in order to communicate better within relationships. The next...

Last time I was talking about better relationships through better communication by extending grace. This time, it’s all about boundaries....

Great relationships have something in common—great communication. I hear you groan as you think of those conversations you’ve had that...

My last blog was about forgiving others, which can be hard and I believe only possible when we have a personal understanding of God’s...

Is God an add-on in your life? As a new Christian, this was the case for me. In just a two-year timespan I was saved, married and our...

God’s change is good but sometimes it feels terrible. Until we can see what God is doing, it sure feels anything but good! And He can use...

I like to read and I do a heap of it! From the Bible and a wide range of Christian books to textbooks or journals on psychology,...