How often do you notice your mind wandering back to better days? The days we could fill our homes with family. Travel the world. Sit with friends in a cosy café drinking coffee.

A real danger in discipleship is to get so obsessed and focused on the outward growth (the leaves) that we ignore what’s going on deep down (the roots).

It is impossible to grow in righteousness if we have not first been declared righteous through Christ.

A misdiagnosis of our greatest problem inevitably leads to a misunderstanding of our greatest need.

The growing popularity of mindfulness means Christians need to ask some questions about it.

Emotions can feel unpredictable. But they need not control us.

Beware the subtle ‘saviour complex’ that can develop in discipleship.