The THREE R’s to Loving Yourself

There’s an old story from the Polynesian Islands called Johnny Lingo and his 10 cow wife. It goes like this: In those days and in that part of the world, if a man wanted to marry a girl, it was necessary for him to pay her father a dowry. Usually the expected dowry was a…

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If You Like the Way You Look That Much…

“If you like the way you look that much Then baby, you should go and love yourself.” Justin Bieber, telling it like it is. There comes a point where loving yourself and self care can become selfish. Self absorbed. Self involved. Jesus talks about “loving your neighbour as yourself”, so we can understand that we…

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How To Love Yourself

We started off in early February discussing the context of this verse – Matthew 22:36-40  – where Jesus shares with his audience the Greatest Commandment is – to Love God with all of your heart, soul, mind and strength and to love your neighbour as you love yourself. And for the past few weeks we’ve…

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