Taking Down Giants
You only need to watch nature at work to be reminded that God can use things that seem insignificant to accomplish great things. Termite colonies can spring up overnight and cause tremendous damage as they sculpt incredible gothic structures from clay. As a missionary child in Africa, I woke one…
Brooke’s Vlog – You Are An Overcomer Through Jesus
Join Co-Host Brooke Nicholls as she shares what it means to OVERCOME as a follower of Jesus.
Overcoming Is In Our Spiritual DNA
Overcoming is in the spiritual DNA of God’s people. From the moment that Adam and Eve were exiled out of the Garden of Eden, there was toil and suffering but there was also the promise of victory. God’s children will overcome in the end. When you read the great narratives…
A Prayer To Cease Comparing
Lord, from the outside it looks like everyone’s lives are put together and mine is the only one falling apart. Jesus, help me to honour what I have been given, to cease comparing and give my attention to the people you have given me to love. Let me stop worrying about…
Meaning In A Digital Age
When I was young the trending home decoration was a bowl of perfect fruit…made of plastic. I first encountered this after our missionary family returned from the Congo where we loved fruit. Needless to say, I eagerly grabbed for a delicious looking grape to my mother’s horror. She gracefully leapt…
Laila Biali – November 19th
Laila Biali would like to reintroduce herself. The raven-haired musician has won awards (SOCAN Composer of the Year and Keyboardist of the Year at Canada’s National Jazz Awards) and played the world’s most prestigious venues (North Sea Jazz Festival, Tokyo’s Cotton Club, Carnegie Hall). She’s toured with GRAMMY award winners…
Christina Crook – November 12th
Christina Crook the award-winning author of The Joy of Missing Out: Finding Balance in a Wired World, which has established her as a leading voice on human flourishing in a digital age. Through her speaking and writing, she reveals how key shifts in our thinking can enable us to draw…
Comparison Is The Thief Of Joy
Last week my husband drove to the nearest Walmart and bought himself a flip phone. Yes – you read that correctly, an actual flip phone from 2003. He sent me a selfie as soon as he left the building. It was dark, I could hardly tell what the photo was…