The Church is bleeding too many people to an erroneous understanding of silent suffering. So what does it really mean — and does God truly want us to suffer in silence? Christians, especially, stay in relationships that remain abusive, weather trials that continue to inflict pain, tolerate injustices that soon…

Have you ever found yourself near the bottom of a spiral, chasing thoughts of unworthiness and hopelessness; identifying with the words of St. Paul when he says – “ I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate… I can will what is right, but I cannot do it.” [Romans 7: 15–18] Paul is describing not himself, but the man or woman who has not understood the secret to discipline. Anyone who has ever…

Do you sometimes feel like God does not love you? If Adam and Eve are a case for the consequences of sin, their sons Cain and Abel are a lesson in love — and the fear that prevents us from feeling loved. We know how Cain, in a fit of jealousy kills his own brother, but we might be confused as to why God allowed this to happen at all — why did God seem to favour one brother over the other, resulting in this fratricide?

Do you believe God wants you to remain sick? A man with a skin disease once came up to Jesus and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing. Be made clean!”…

Jesus once asked a man who had been ill for thirty-eight years, “Do you want to be made well?” A strange question to ask a sick person, but this story is not about that man or his reply to Jesus. In fact, this isn’t even a story — it is…

Have you ever wished a non-Christian friend a happy Easter…and then hoped they wouldn’t ask what Easter meant to you? While the social media posts proclaiming that “Christ has risen!” still make their way around, this is for you, dear friend, who may want to ask — So what? What…

Every year, on Holy Thursday, we witness the re-enactment of one of the greatest Biblical events — the washing of the disciples’ feet by Jesus. But while we dwell on the groundbreaking implications of master serving disciple, there is another that we ought to focus on — that Jesus knew…

When we imagine God joining two people in relationship — any relationship — we think of him as hand-picking and tying them together with a neat little bow. But if we have free will (and we do!) there’s something else we need to consider as part of the picture —…

Are you single — but waiting for a time when you won’t be? The longing for companionship and love is not an easy one to bear, even for the Christian who ought to be content in Christ. This is because we were created in the image and likeness of God…