University is finally here and in full swing. Getting back to the books can be a bit hard especially after months of holidays. Picking up and book and retaining valuable information is like a creaking door in need of some oil. And we are here to help provide that oil. Before you start studying make…
If you struggle to experience real peace, join the club. Peace is one of those things that I’ve never really found easily in my life. It seems to be something that I’m always fighting for, chasing after or tracking down. Peace has always been foreign and elusive. Peace was just not in me or anywhere…
The Sabbath is a sanctuary from the rampant busyness of the everyday. It is not rare for me to spend my week dreaming of the Sabbath rest. It is even more tempting to imagine what an entire week of Sabbath would feel like and how I would feel after it. Imagine not working for a…
“What is joy to you?” I asked my friend as we were driving home one afternoon. “I connect joy with peace,” she replied. “It’s being rooted in something deep that can’t be taken away by external circumstances; being calm despite the storms surrounding you.” I know what you’re thinking, and yes, my friend is a…
I want to speak to you from the perspective of someone who is recently engaged; & I wonder if anyone reading this is a young adult or older and thinking they’ve missed the boat because they’re not married yet. My mid-20s & onwards have been some of the best years of my life. I became…
When I was in high school, my friend Audrey was obsessed with teddy bears. This probably had to do with the fact that her on-again/off-again boyfriend looked a bit like a big teddy bear, with his caramel skin, fuzzy afro and cute smile. However, Audrey’s parents didn’t like teddy-bear boyfriend, and Audrey ended up kinda-sorta-dating…
The American poet Emily Dickinson famously wrote: “Hope, is the thing with feathers- That perches in the soul.” Throughout the rest of the poem, hope sits and sings and then takes flight. Hope is triumphant and boastfully expectant, always waiting for the gentle wind it needs to take flight. Hope is a fundamental component of…
Have you ever experienced a nightmare where you’re being chased, and you try to run but your legs don’t seem to work? Or something bad is about to happen to you and you can’t do anything about it? Even worse, you can’t seem to wake yourself up. This to me, is what hopelessness feels like.…
‘Farewell, 2020!’ ‘2021 will be YOUR year!’ ‘Goodbye to the worst year ever.’ ‘Bring on 2021! ‘ ‘Everything will be better next year.’ NEWS FLASH! Everything will NOT be better next year! I’m sure you’ve heard these phrases a lot over the past few weeks as the year 2020 began to close. And I’ve got…
2020 reminds me of the story of Joseph, in the bible, who was sold by his brothers, whom he trusted dearly, into slavery. Just like Joseph, we initially trusted 2020 to be the year of greatness but instead, we were faced with unimaginable hardship. Without exception, every person had faced challenges or difficulties of some…