The Breath Prayer
By: Sheridan Voysey
One afternoon in March 2020, feeling overwhelmed at the news I was hearing about a virus called Covid-19, I took a moment to do what I often do in times of stress – journal. Read more
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Friends, I Beg You: Stop Passing on Covid Information You’re Not Qualified to Understand
By: Sheridan Voysey
I recently posted on Facebook about getting my second Oxford AstraZeneca jab. As you may know, my wife has been the Lead Statistician on the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine and I’ve seen close-up the exhausting work done and sacrifices made by medical researchers getting this and other Covid-19 vaccines into the world. Read more
Ready for a New Adventure? Make Sure it Has These Four Things
By: Sheridan Voysey
If the pandemic has been good for anything, it’s been good for my local park. During the first lockdown, kids made a line of hand-painted rocks that snaked for yards and yards. Fairy houses with tiny doors, windows and picket fences appeared at the base of tree trunks, and recently a community library was set up. Thanks to the ingenuity of locals, the park has never been so alive! Read more
Relax. You Don’t Need to Have an Opinion on Everything
By: Sheridan Voysey
After Oprah’s interview with Harry and Meghan a couple of weeks ago, public discussion has been polarised. Read more
Healing the Wounds of Jesus’ Followers
By: Sheridan Voysey
I write this with a heavy heart, as heavy as yours may already be from the revelations of Ravi Zacharias’ hidden life. If you hadn’t heard of him, Zacharias was considered one of this era’s greatest Christian apologists. If you haven’t heard the news, an independent investigation found he had systematically groomed vulnerable women over many years, plying them with attention and gifts, obligating them to return sexual favours, threatening them should they ever tell. Read more
Six Ways to Tend Your Soul in Times of Turmoil
By: Sheridan Voysey
How can we cultivate, care for, tend our soul right now to stay, well, sane? Here are six strategies I’m trying to implement with links to explore some related practices. Read more
Listen For the Voice that Can Only Be Heard in Stillness
By: Sheridan Voysey
Stop. Breathe. Interrupt the rush. There is deep meaning to be found in our everyday lives, but we won’t find it if we don’t pause to reflect, listening for the Voice that can only be heard in stillness. Read more
Three Ways to Reflect on Your Life
By: Sheridan Voysey
In his famous poem The Four Quartets, TS Elliott says “We had the experience, but missed the meaning.” How true! Read more
You’re Both So Different? That Could Be What Makes Your Marriage Work
By: Sheridan Voysey
Twenty-something anniversaries later, I sometimes look at my wife Merryn and wonder how this marriage of ours works. Read more
We Need a New Renaissance of Faith. These Three Commitments Can Help
By: Sheridan Voysey
Five hundred years ago the Renaissance brought an explosion of art, science, geographical discovery and religious ideas into the world. What would it take to see a new renaissance (rebirth) of wisdom, creativity, community and faith in this coming decade? Read more