A Selection Of Bible Verses For When You’re Feeling Low Life can get heavy sometimes, and it’s perfectly normal to have days when you don’t feel yourself, you feel low or struggle with your emotions; it’s all part and parcel, not only of growing up and getting older, but of simply being human. All of […]
The Tragedies Of The Nepal Disaster And Pastor Robert Guanco’s Death If anyone says they can make sense of tragedy perhaps they’ve not truly experienced it. Yes, there are practical answers as to what, how and when it happened but not as to ‘WHY?’ Trite answers and platitudes are unhelpful. There are many types of […]
Finding Hope When the World Feels Broken Disillusionment is a unique kind of pain. It’s the ache the soul experiences when the world around us no longer matches the deep hopes we carry for goodness, peace, and justice. In response to a heartfelt message from a friend named Andy who is wrestling with these exact […]
Now humour is a funny thing! What is humorous to one person leaves another stone cold wondering what other people are laughing at. It is both very subjective and cultural but to be truly human is to have some humour. Perhaps it is the sixth sense unique to humans who can be amused in a way that sets them apart from the rest of the animal kingdom. Whilst hyenas, monkeys and rats can sometimes be described as laughing there is no genuine evidence that it is due to humour – at best it seems to be merely physical behaviour. You may hear some people making the sound of laughter but that too can be mere physical behaviour! Take two apples, one carrot, a banana and a floppy hat – some will smile, others will give a blank stare or just see a fruit salad … best to keep that under your hat! But find the switch for any person and you might get anything from a chuckle to a gut-wrenching uncontrollable belly laugh.
