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Rest. We all know we need it. Most of us don’t get enough of it.
And let’s be honest, life is busy, there’s always stuff going on. Who wants to potentially miss out on something exciting because we’re doing something as boring as rest?!
But what if our understanding of rest is all wrong? Rest isn’t about [...]
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I’m in the middle of reading Seth Godin’s latest book called Linchpin. I highly recommend it. This post is not simply a book recommendation though, I wanted to share a quote from the book that I hope will be both inspiring and through-provoking. Here’s what he says:
Everyone, every single person, has been a genius at [...]
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It’s been a while. Due to everything that’s been going on – from redundancy to starting a new job – there have been no updates since the end of September. I’m not going to be back posting on a daily basis for now, but I am going to be back posting frequently. And definitely more [...]
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Today’s post is by regular guest author Dale Swinburne. (Catch up on parts 1, 2, 3)
Each of us has incredible potential. We have been created to live a full life according to Chip Anderson. We’ve been walking through his Aliveness Theory as he charts for us the stark comparison we could experience in our [...]
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The title I’ve given this post is simply a sentence that I read this morning that really resonated with me. It ties in nicely with the previous post where I talked about the importance of dreaming.
It is very easy to focus on what we do not have. We become consumed by our needs, whether they [...]
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It’s very easy when circumstances close in on us to lose any sense of the future. We find ourselves becoming overwhelmed with what is right in front of us.
And, if there are problems that need to be resolved, it is of course right to focus on the now. There are things that need to be [...]
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No matter who you are or what you do, there are always going to be times when things are tough. Really tough. Right now is one of those times for me personally. I hesitate as to how much I should say though for several reasons. Firstly, I don’t want to give the impression that my [...]
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Every few weeks I host an evening called ‘Passages’. Each time we look at a different passage from the biblical Scriptures to discuss, reflect upon, interpret, and – hopefully – apply. So far we’ve been very simply looking at the various parables of Jesus and discussing what they might mean for us living in the [...]
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I meet a lot of people who – whether directly or indirectly – say that their lives are boring and mundane. In fact, these seems to be the prevalent condition for most people. And, truth be told, we all face times when our lives like this. Not only that, they’ll always been some aspects of [...]
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Today is mine and Rachel’s fifth wedding anniversary. How time flies! On many levels it seems to have flown by and yet on others it feels like we’ve been together forever – in a good way!
I cannot imagine life now without Rachel. She is a part of me. Whilst we’ve both fully maintained our individuality, [...]
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