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The Secret Life Of Charis Jackson

The Secret Life Of Charis Jackson

The first time I watched the trailer for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty I remember chills running through me when the picture of eccentric photographer Sean O’Connell, played by Sean Penn, comes to life and beckons Walter to join him in something more than his current state. .

  • Giving to the poor

    In Christchurch we lived through many earthquakes. Through this the homeless people of the city moved to more obvious places for me.

  • All you need is love

    My husband and I have been studying Galatians together recently and last week we came to the “fruit of the Spirit” section (Galatians 5 verses 22-23). I memorized the it as a child and the section is very familiar.

  • Chasing the inner ring

    In 1944, C.S. Lewis was asked to give the Memorial Lecture for the graduating class at King’s College. As he spoke to the future leaders – the ones who would be rebuilding post-World War Two Europe – he picked an interesting topic.

  • Generation Y and their poor coaches

    Rarely does a coach get sacked in 2018 for the lack of coaching finesse.  Today’s sporting landscape is about the happiness of the athlete.  

  • This addiction could kill you

    He was standing in the street in midday traffic. He was trying to stay upright but was swaying dangerously.

  • Fighting spiritual battles and character growth

    God’s main concern for the Christian in this world is character development, spiritual maturity and fruit bearing.

  • The miracle in the Valley

    I was born in 1987 with a learning disability called Dyspraxia. Dyspraxia contains delays on the right side of the brain.

  • Panning for gold with Donald

    I have wanted to go panning for gold for a long time, for some reason it was just something that I wanted to do.

  • My struggle to glorify God at work.

    Glorifying God through hard work VS glorifying God through building relationships: these two don’t really look like they will have a tension, do they?

  • Conflicts resolution within a marriage

    I met up with a group of girlfriends over dinner last week and we discussed about how we handled conflicts with our spouses.

  • The art of selfish giving

    There are some words in the English language which find themselves manipulated into all sorts of forms, colloquialisms and variations, expanding that word until it explodes into a many-faceted prism which will shine in almost any conversation.