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By: Sheridan Voysey
According to the experts, writing in a journal can help you reduce stress, increase creativity, solve problems, and manage conflict. Continue reading “A Simple Tool to Help You Make Sense of Life”
By: Sheridan Voysey
What a gift great authors are to this world. Pulling together my thoughts for you on the best books I’ve read, those I’ve had the honour of endorsing, plus the not-so-good titles from this past twelve months has become a favourite annual tradition of mine. Continue reading “The Best Books I Read in 2018 (and Some Not-So-Good)”
By: Sheridan Voysey
“You need to get a life,” Laura told me. “There’s plenty you can do to help children without being a father.” Then there was Maya: “Forgive me if I don’t cry a river when men suffer the indignity of infertility when women have suffered that stigma for millennia.” And Charlie had his say: “Get over your ego and adopt.” Continue reading “How to Deal With Trolls (Hint: Don’t Get Even and Don’t Give In)”
By: Sheridan Voysey
In 2016 I found myself in the United States at the time of the Presidential election. Heading to Nashville airport one morning, my taxi driver told me he was thinking of voting for Donald Trump and asked me what I thought. An hour of lively but friendly debate followed. Continue reading “How Can We Stay Civil in the Age of Outrage? Here are Three Ideas”
By: Sheridan Voysey
Last year I took part in a piece for BBC 1’s Breakfast programme. As the cameraman and I were driving to the filming location, he told me a story. Continue reading “The One Thing Men Can’t Talk Openly About Yet. But What if We Did?”
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By: Sheridan Voysey
Some days I wonder why I am a Christian. In a secular age, it isn’t great for your career (as someone told me last week, “Admitting you’re a Christian in my circles is professional suicide”). In some countries, claiming the faith can literally sign your death sentence. And there are so many alternatives in the religious marketplace now. Continue reading “Why Believe? In the End, Christianity Rises or Falls on These Two Things”
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By: Sheridan Voysey
“There are people who die well,” beloved pastor and author Eugene Peterson said recently, ‘and I want to be one.’ Well, Eugene achieved his goal. Continue reading “Remembering Eugene Peterson (1932-2018)”
By: Sheridan Voysey
Robert Coles, the eminent American psychiatrist, once wrote a book called The Call of Service. Collating his work over three decades with charity workers, civil rights campaigners and community volunteers, Coles explored the reasons why people serve others and what satisfactions they get from doing so. Continue reading “Burnout Begins With Weariness. Here’s How to Stop it Going Further”
By: Sheridan Voysey
Twenty-one anniversaries later, I sometimes look at my wife Merryn and wonder how this marriage of ours works. I’m a writer and speaker, Merryn is a statistician. I work with words, she works with numbers. I want beauty, she wants function. We come from different worlds! Continue reading “You’re Both So Different? That Could Be What Makes Your Marriage Work”
By: Sheridan Voysey
I was once asked to do a radio debate with an atheist. One of the criticisms my counterpart raised was that Christianity had been reduced to a faith that was only interested in getting people to heaven, instead of a faith that changed this life too. While the criticism wasn’t entirely fair (it’s hard to think of an institution today that hasn’t been founded or shaped by the faith), I had to agree that in some cases she was right. Christianity is so much more than getting people ‘up there’, even if some televangelists would have you think otherwise. Continue reading “Heaven is a Symphony Playing All Around You. Here Are Three Ways to Hear it”