Bring The Making of Us to Your Small Group With This FREE Leader’s Guide and Personalised Video
Are you part of a reading group, book club or church small group? I hope so, as I believe they're a powerful tool for personal growth. Having discovered that people are using The Making of Us in such groups, I decided to write a 7-session Leader's Guide to help facilitate discussion. And then I thought,
Our Busy Lives Are Awe-Deprived. Here Are 6 Ways to Find Wonder Again
'We live in an awe-deprived world,' writes Christine Sine. 'We sit in front of computers, not under trees and rarely take time to notice the grandeur of God’s world and of those we share it with.' Since a regular dose of awe makes us physically, emotionally and spiritually healthy, this is to our detriment. How
A Conversation on Finding Your Deeper Identity and Purpose
When you can't become who you want to be, you can still become who you're meant to be. And the person you're meant to be is so much bigger than you've dreamed. In the last few weeks I have done dozens of radio interviews across the US, UK and Australia sharing lessons like this from
Touched by God Through a Truck Driver’s Hands
One surreal morning some months ago, Merryn and I woke to the news that her father had been taken to hospital following a serious car crash, and my father had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. To complicate matters, my dad is also my mother’s full-time carer, and they all live in Australia. With both parents
The Story of the Church is Deep and Rich, and Full of Heroes Like These
Failing politicians. Falling church leaders. We could do with some new heroes right now. Thankfully, the deep, rich story of the church is full of them. Here are four early faith heroes to know about, the simple thing they did to change the world, and how work like theirs led to the very institutions you
This One Question Can Help Focus Your Life on What Really Matters
Pick up a typical self-help book and it won’t be long before the author tells you to Follow your dreams. As a dreamer, I love this advice. But not everyone is a dreamer. What do you follow then? It seems to me there's a more important quest for both dreamer and non-dreamer alike, which is
After the Burning of Notre Dame, Let’s Look at the Cross
Last year, on a visit to Antwerp’s Cathedral in Belgium, I was struck by one of its artworks. Struck, because it seemed so out of place with the rest of the cathedral’s pieces. Struck, because I wasn’t sure if it was a joke or even sacrilegious. But as we head towards Easter while the world
Why and How to Do a Mini Pilgrimage
This year as many as 300 million people will go on a pilgrimage. What’s interesting is that this figure has been rising every year for the past decade, and it’s not only religious people who are doing it. Why are so many everyday people feeling the call to make a ‘meaningful journey to a sacred
Busyness is a Bully, Comparison is a Tyrant. I Say, Enough
Busyness is a bully at the best of times, stomping around, wanting the playground to itself, chasing peace away first, then patience, kindness, joy, and self-control. But this bully becomes a tyrant when it teams up with comparison. Here's how the two work together. Let's say 'enough!' to their lies.
Marry Your Trial with Your Talent to Bring Something New into the World
I made a number of discoveries while writing The Making of Us, one of the most impacting being that the trials of life can release our best gifts into the world. All it takes is some creative merging of those trials with our God-given talents. In this short video I unpack the idea with some