By: Sheridan VoyseyCateura is a small slum in Paraguay, South America, built on a rubbish tip. Desperately poor, its villagers eke out a living by recycling and selling whatever they can find in the garbage. But from these unpromising conditions something beautiful has emerged – an...
By: Sheridan VoyseyA new year. A new decade. We have crossed a threshold, begun a new story, bidding the old farewell to make way for the new. What are you looking forward to? New Lands, New DiscoveriesAlong with birthdays and significant holidays, researchers tell us a new year is a time when we...
By: Sheridan Voysey“We’re going to give God all the glory right now—all the glory.”The Hammond organ softly played, the choir began to sway and the congregation launched into a Gospel song. But this was no church service, and the speaker was no preacher. Instead, it was...
By: Sheridan VoyseyWhere would we be without books? What wonder and wisdom we’d miss out on, what delight we’d forfeit. And so I present to you this year’s edition of my Best Books list (you can find previous year’s lists here). These are the titles I read, those I had...
By: Sheridan VoyseyRecently NASA released some fascinating facts about its Voyager 2 spacecraft. Launched forty-two years ago with its twin, Voyager 1, the ship has given us iconic pictures of Saturn and Neptune along its 10 billion mile journey. Late last year it left our solar system and now...
By: Sheridan VoyseyPeople with broken dreams like involuntary childlessness hunger for hope and deep community. And there is much still to do to help them find it.I’ve just returned from two trips abroad which required preparing 10 short video scripts and four keynote messages in a very...
By: Sheridan VoyseyChecking email at all hours. Catching up on work every weekend. Feeling like you should be doing something productive when you rest. If you’ve ever been caught in the modern malady of overwork and hyper-productivity, you’re not alone. And this conversation is for...
By: Sheridan VoyseyDiana is a hair stylist and public health advocate. Chestnut hair, warm smile, she’s good at her job and caring towards others. She’s also a five-time suicide attempt survivor. Hers is one of many stories I’ve heard in the lead up —World Suicide...
By: Sheridan Voysey‘Being heard is the first step to healing.’ These words from Patrick Regan sum up well the TV conversation you’re about to see. Patrick is the CEO of Kintsugi Hope, a charity dedicated to championing mental health and wellbeing, and host of Honesty Over...
By: Sheridan VoyseyFor most of us the phrase ‘caring profession’ probably brings to mind jobs like nursing, teaching and social work. But this list is far too small. Remove the ‘care’ element from other occupations and people get diminished, especially the most vulnerable....
By: Sheridan VoyseyMore and more of us are single. In the United Kingdom, over a third of the adult population of England and Wales are single, more than half of 25–44 year olds, and singleness is increasing in every age group with 50–64 year olds growing the fastest. Some embrace the...
By: Sheridan VoyseyMore and more of us are single. In the United Kingdom, over a third of the adult population of England and Wales are single, more than half of 25–44 year olds, and singleness is increasing in every age group with 50–64 year olds growing the fastest. Some embrace the...