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Battling FOMO

Battling FOMO

Drummed in by our school teachers that the verb is a 'doing word', FOMO is not a one-off wishing we could be elsewhere, but something a large number of us seem to consistently do battle with..

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    I have 17 Facebook friend requests I don't know what to do with. There are the people I haven't seen in ages, but I'm not sure I want to reconnect with them.

  • Hungry for fame and thirsty for significance

    "Elesha Edmonds: Grammy award-winning hard-core hip-hop and gangsta rap artist." Welcome, my friends, to my wild imagination. An imagination jam-packed with secret obsessions and dance routines...

  • Show love, show extreme hospitality

    I was treated like rock royalty on my recent holiday to Singapore and Malaysia. Everyone was at my beck and call, eager to take my sister and me around for a tour of town.

  • Facing the fear of spiritual warfare

    I love the idea of being totally fearless, a kind of adrenaline junkie Bear Grylls type. Of being that person who sits calmly as a their South American tourist bus jerks awkwardly round a bend...

  • Christianity: From captive to captivated

    Christianity transforms us from being a captive to being captivated. The moment we accept Jesus as our lord and saviour, we are set free from our bondage of sin.

  • Turning suffering into joy

    How could God allow suffering in this world? Why do bad things happen to us? The presence of suffering, injustice, tragedy is a problem for everyone.

  • The good ol' days

    Bruce and I met when he was in his late 50s, and I was a 17 year old school girl. He was a worldly musician, I was dreaming of serving God in youth ministry. How did we become friends?

  • Limits of violence and punishment

    “Repay no one evil for evil… If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men.” These verses are consistent with the non-aggression principle...

  • He knows if you've been bad or good, so be good, for goodness sake

    I'm really not that sure about God. I mean, I believe that He exists. But I find it really hard to believe that He's on my side.

  • The pilot’s dream: A WWII mission aviation legacy

    The story of Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) is fairly well known in mission circles. Birthed in the final throes of WWII, what started out with a few young Christian pilots has now become an international organisation of nearly 1,500 staff.

  • The journey to Manhood

    My theme for this initial section is initiation. We guys are born male, but we have to learn to be a man. Boys can only become men by the instruction and leadership of other men.