Optimising connectivity for everyday life

C4L Boosters are here to help you in the spiritual lift-off stage and to bring vital boosters to keep you in the best orbit on your journey. Unafraid to tackle any topic, C4L Boosters are designed for you to connect securely with God, for this is your call to pursue.

I and Thou

There are some paintings, writings and people in life that kick-start fresh thinking. In what they express, you can see a richness that may challenge and enhance your own understanding. Have a read of this to stimulate your thinking on how you interact with the world.
Read more >: I and Thou
Forgotten

Life has many doors – some we pass through and some we don’t. Don’t miss this vital door.
Read more >: Forgotten
Unconditional

Waves like these have an evocative echoing voice as they relentlessly but gently break on the shore. They speak of unending love vast as the ocean. They just keep on coming, sometimes softly rippling but other times surging in with great strength. The shore does nothing to earn the repeated caress.
Read more >: Unconditional
Be Healthy

Research on life satisfaction and well-being show that, unsurprisingly, personal health is a top priority for most people. We all care deeply about this. In the West, it is a multi-trillion-dollar industry that plays on our desires and insecurities. There are numerous diets that we are encouraged to try – 5:2, Keto, Atkins, Mediterranean, Banting,…
Read more >: Be Healthy
Who am I?

When navigating, it is obviously important to know where you are to start with. This seal has climbed out of the sea for a rest – its navigational skills are not in question but it looks as if it is asking the question, ‘Who am I?’. Likely, it was probably asking, ‘Who are you taking…
Read more >: Who am I?
Who is JESUS?

The most talked about person in all of human history is Jesus Christ of Nazareth. During the 33 years before his crucifixion, people were fascinated by him and argued among themselves as to his identity. How did he turn water into wine, feed so many people and heal the sick? Was his claim to be…
Read more >: Who is JESUS?
Obsolete

It sounds like a fairy tale beginning yet it is true to say that, ‘once upon a time’, products were made to last and in times of scarcity, people needed to make things last. Nowadays, partly due to rapidly changing technologies, ‘planned obsolescence’ and customer expectations for the latest model, things we buy have much…
Read more >: Obsolete
Tread softly

It is unlikely that any of us remember our first steps as we learnt how to walk. No doubt it caused excitement for your parents until they realised that it would now be harder to keep track of you. As we develop this important life skill, there’s plenty of reverting to crawling or bottom shuffling…
Read more >: Tread softly
IDOLS

Imagine seeing the world the wrong way round! George Malcolm Stratton (1865 – 1957) was an American psychologist who wanted to know what would happen to the brain’s perception if he could turn normal vision upside down. Wearing special glasses called ‘invertoscopes’ for 8 days that did this, he discovered that his brain could adjust…
Read more >: IDOLS
An Eternity

It’s a phrase still used sometimes by people waiting when time seems to drag. The younger generation would more likely describe something as ‘taking ages’. Either way, it’s a long time, so long that time ceases to have a reliable meaning. Many books have been written about time and it is even a branch of…
Read more >: An Eternity
Futility

For a change, here’s a quote to begin this Booster: Clever and entertaining, the series based around four elderly pensioners living in an exclusive retirement home is flush with murders and intrigue, along with a visiting fox! Often insightful, Osman weaves his observations of life into the conversations and actions of his characters. Garth is…
Read more >: Futility
Soul Search

Take the word ‘soul’. What on earth does it mean? Going to the dictionary will give these three definitions: It’s a deep concept but one that’s really worth trying to understand better than a superficial ‘google search’ for it is something than helps us to understand ourselves. Going within can lead to a labyrinth but…
Read more >: Soul Search
Lies

A child doesn’t need to be taught to lie but he or she does need to learn the difference between the truth and a lie. Truth takes responsibility but a lie passes the buck with an easy way out – ‘it was someone else, not me!’ For some, lying can become a way of life,…
Read more >: Lies
Questions from a Daffodil

We like to ask questions of what we see – What? Why? How? That is the way our minds work. However, what if we allow the humble daffodil to draw questions out of us?! Interrogation and cross-examination tend to be the stuff of courts of justice and spy thrillers so what questions might the humble…
Read more >: Questions from a Daffodil
Misfits

There are times in life when you feel you just don’t fit in. Perhaps it’s a new job, new club, social set or even church. You begin to go quiet and then withdraw like this little guy hiding in the bushes. Other times, everything feels as comfy a fit as an old pair of slippers.…
Read more >: Misfits