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Imagine your life helped by an all-knowing, tireless, personalised assistant and, more so, one that is free. Let’s say it comes in a chat...
THE LORD’S SUPPER: REMEMBERING CHRIST’S DEATH
Humans have practised rituals for millennia. Ancient cultures on almost every continent performed various rain-making rituals, calling upon the gods to water their crops....
Passive vaping—time we see it like secondhand smoke and stand up...
A medical student of mine recently said he loved the smell of vanilla in the house he shared with friends who vaped. “That’s OK,...
Get Your Brain In Shape
Ever since I can remember, people have been motivated to exercise out of a desire to look good. We know being fit is associated...
One in four pregnancies will end in loss during pregnancy or birth.1 The faces of miscarriage and stillbirth are all around us and I can guarantee it’s someone you know. Losing a baby is such a personal heartbreak. It can feel too painful or even embarrassing to share. When I...
What happens in our brain and body when we’re in love?
Love dominates our popular culture and is the subject of countless songs, movies, and works of literature and art. But what’s happening in our...
Solving the World Cup Puzzle
Not sure how to feel about this year’s football World Cup? Here is some information that can help you decide.
As Corrie ten Boom watched a secret room getting carved out of her bedroom wall, she was well aware of the consequences of what she planned to hide inside, as well as what would happen if the Nazi secret police ever found out. But she did it anyway. She...
Travelling with God: how we learn and grow on the journey
Have you ever travelled with someone you thought you really liked, only to see a different side of them as the trip progressed? People...
The Prophet and the Black Dog
Many of us have wrestled with depression at some point in our lives. I felt it stalking me when my son was stillborn several...
Jesus wept.” - John 11:35 When people experience frustration, loss, sadness or stress, some immediately put up emotional barriers and force themselves to be strong. Others, however, give themselves permission to shed tears and cry away. Many of us try to hold back the tears, but the reality is that...
The Journey to Financial Freedom
Money . . . It’s the grease that makes the world go round, yet it’s one of the least chosen table topics of choice....
Why touch matters
Immigrating to the United Kingdom was a bold move. As a Latina, I had a lot to get used to, from cars driving on...
Chimpanzees and humans are very similar, but is that a sign of a common ancestor or something else?
Can science explain everything?
Is it possible for a science book to comfortably sit on the shelves of both someone who believe in God and someone who doesn't? Adrian Petre thinks so.
The migration of trust in the digital age
Trust is the main currency of the age in which we live, and people seem to be changing the directions they invest in faster than in the past. How is our life of faith influenced by how we relate generally to trust?
Is the idea that people believed the Earth was flat in the middle ages truth or a carefully spun fantasy?
The Last of Us: The Gamer’s Good Samaritan
Video games have become the birthplace of some dubious film and television adaptations. The more successful the franchise, it seems the further the fall...
Gambling’s dark underbelly
How about this filly in the fifth fellas, put a $50 on it?” Those were the words of retired American NBA player Shaquille O’Neal...
