When are you arranging the next meet up? Can you do me a favour? I need you to tell me what I should do about this? I need your prayers. You have probably heard these sentences from friends and family, which are generally the usual questions and statements we hear from them, nothing wrong with that. However, the issue is when the only time you hear from them is when they are asking questions like this. Some people are only around you because they want the things they can get

Do you ever get that feeling in the pit of your stomach when talking to someone? It could be an acquaintance you met on the school run who is becoming your friend, it could be that nice person you met at Pilates class, it could be your work colleague or your manager or it could be your long term friend. You get this ever so slight feeling in the pit of your stomach because there was something they said about you that made you stop and think “huh?”. It might not even be someth

If you use social media you have probably seen the recent Druski skit. Druski is a comedian and his recent skit is him as a mega church pastor. Some people were offended and said he was mocking God. Others said he wasn’t mocking God and weren't offended. Personally I wasn’t offended, I saw the skit as mocking false pastors, not mocking God. Sometimes there is truth in comedy and I think this skit does that. It holds a mirror up to some churches and their pastors and highlight

I heard that in the USA there used to be an announcement that came on TV at night that said something along the lines of “it’s 10pm, do you know where your kids are”. I think it was to remind parents that their children should be home from playing out by 10pm. I’m an 80s baby, 90s kid from the UK, so hearing about this made me think about my childhood and the friends I made by playing out. There would be a knock on the door, then I’d hear little familiar voices asking my mom

I'm sick of the majority of people being selfish. I’m sick of people being mean and horrible. I’m sick of some people being just plain evil and revelling in it. I’m sick and angry of the stigma around mental health conditions and mental breakdowns. I just want all these people to know they are loved by God even if people judge and dislike them. I’m sick of people manipulating and hurting people and getting away with it. I’m totally sick of transactional “friendships”. It’s a