By: Sheridan VoyseyI came across a helpful word recently: wintering. Author Katherine May uses it to describe those moments when life turns cold through crisis or loss and we find ourselves living at a different, slower pace to everyone else. As winter is a time of retreat and...
By: Sheridan VoyseyThey may have no more authority than a scribbled-on napkin, but I get a kick out of unofficial holidays. This month alone has a Sticky Bun Day, a Sword Swallowers Day, and even an International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day! In this unofficial calendar of festivities February 22...
By: Sheridan VoyseyEach of us play many roles in life, which each contribute to our identity. But what if you can’t take on the role you always wanted, or lose one that you’ve played so well? Thankfully, there is an identity available to each of us that can never be lost.I had known...
By: Sheridan VoyseyFrom QAnon to Flat Earth to Covid-19 ‘Plandemics’, conspiracy theories of all kinds are proliferating right now, dividing families and communities, and putting the health of many at risk. It’s imperative that we learn to detect and avoid them. In this video I...
By: Sheridan VoyseyOne afternoon in March 2020, feeling overwhelmed at the news I was hearing about a virus called Covid-19, I took a moment to do what I often do in times of stress – journal.During that time I remembered a breath prayer I’d written previously based on some words from...
By: Sheridan VoyseyI recently posted on Facebook about getting my second Oxford AstraZeneca jab. As you may know, my wife has been the Lead Statistician on the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine and I’ve seen close-up the exhausting work done and sacrifices made by medical researchers getting this...
By: Sheridan VoyseyIf the pandemic has been good for anything, it’s been good for my local park. During the first lockdown, kids made a line of hand-painted rocks that snaked for yards and yards. Fairy houses with tiny doors, windows and picket fences appeared at the base of tree trunks, and...
By: Sheridan VoyseyAfter Oprah’s interview with Harry and Meghan a couple of weeks ago, public discussion has been polarised. I heard activists swear that British royalty was inherently racist on the basis of Meghan’s claims alone, while tabloid newspapers, unable to tolerate any...
By: Sheridan VoyseyI write this with a heavy heart, as heavy as yours may already be from the revelations of Ravi Zacharias’ hidden life. If you hadn’t heard of him, Zacharias was considered one of this era’s greatest Christian apologists. If you haven’t heard the news, an...
By: Sheridan VoyseyHow can we cultivate, care for, tend our soul right now to stay, well, sane? Here are six strategies I’m trying to implement with links to explore some related practices. 1. Limit Your Screen TimeIf ever there’s been a time to be engaged citizens, it’s now. We...
By: Sheridan VoyseyStop. Breathe. Interrupt the rush. There is deep meaning to be found in our everyday lives, but we won’t find it if we don’t pause to reflect, listening for the Voice that can only be heard in stillness.This is video five in a special series adapted from my new gift...
By: Sheridan VoyseyIn his famous poem The Four Quartets, TS Elliott says “We had the experience, but missed the meaning.” How true!Too often life can become one long series of unrelated events – a conversation here, an appointment there, walking the dog, working through our to-do...
