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When Faith Feels Like Another Thing We're Failing At (opens the original)
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Most of us have tried it. The 5am alarm. The Bible on the bedside table. The plan to pray for thirty minutes before anyone else wakes up.Most of us lasted about a week.Then the guilt moves in. We decide we’re simply not disciplined enough for the spiritual life, and part of us stops trying.Yesterday I sat down with Jen Pollock Michel for the first ever A Little Nudge Live. Her new book, A Rule for the Rest of Us, is about something that sounds old and stiff: a rule of life. By the end of
I Once Made a Man Homeless. It Taught Me What Love Actually Is. (opens the original)
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I’ve only ever made one man homeless.That’s not quite true. There was a hostel bed waiting for him and a taxi booked to take him to it. But I was the one who moved him out. And I’d never met him.It was lockdown. So the first time I saw his face was the moment I told him he had to go. I knew two things about him. He had a history of violence. And his behaviour was unpredictable.I stood outside his door and I was afraid.We’d set the house up to help men move forward. Somewhere stable to live. And
Why Positive Thinking Keeps Letting You Down (And What Actually Works) (opens the original)
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Nothing about me changed between breakfast and teatime.I left the house that morning with no interest in writing a book. I came home with three of them outlined in my head, and one of them was good. In between, I sat in a room full of people writing books.An hour into the writers’ conference I knew I was in the wrong room. A good room, full of good people. Just not mine. Almost everyone there wanted to write a book. But I write online. Different problem entirely. So I left early, put some music
What A Dead Basil Plant Knows About Your Anxiety (opens the original)
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Twenty plants died in my kitchen. I only bought one.I didn’t know that when I carried it home. What I had was a plan: tomato pasta, fresh basil leaves torn over the top. The sort of kitchen where herbs live on the windowsill and everything tastes slightly better. Ninety pence. I assumed it would keep giving for months.It was dead in nine days.I took that personally for a while. Then I found out what I’d actually carried home. Twenty-odd seedlings crammed into one pot, sown thick because a full p
I Tried Every Plan To Grow Spiritually (This One Rule Finally Stuck) (opens the original)
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Every time you stop, something fills the gap. A Faith That Holds is a free guide for people who want a deeper life but can’t seem to get quiet enough to find it. It won’t add another thing to your list. It’ll help you see what’s already there. Download free.The hardest thing I’ve attempted this year is sitting on a chair.Our group has took up silence. Ten minutes a day. Sit still, breathe slowly, let the mind settle.We thought we needed it b
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