Current page: Reporter / Jennifer Goodyer
Jennifer Goodyer
-
Coronavirus: how self-isolating can become a spiritual practice
It seems like a contradiction in terms, but one of the greatest opportunities presented by having to be apart from others is to learn the spiritual practice of solitude.
-
Life is art, even if it's messy
When I think of my life through the lens of art it looks messy, incomplete, rough around the edges, full of pencil markings, and faint lines I've tried to erase. It doesn't look anything like the works of art I admire so much in the Art Institute of Chicago.
-
Should Christians make New Year's resolutions?
We tend to think of making new year's resolutions as a secular practice and yet it pops up in some form or other throughout the church's history.
-
Pride, insecurity and the lies we must never believe about our God-given identity
If insecurity was Eve's unravelling, we could also say that insecurity was the cause of the fall and is the root of all sin.
-
Should Christians be #minimalist? What we can learn from Marie Kondo – and St Augustine
This trend towards having less is a rare point of intersection between living a Christian life and being cool.
-
The messy business of loving people: Why Bob Goff told me to get a puppy
Two years ago my life was interrupted by an experience of Love I still struggle to explain.
-
The gift of silence: How to pray without words
The times when I have most felt the desire to pray have also been the times when words have felt too small, too hollow, too empty.
-
What is my calling? How to discern without a burning bush
A while ago I listened to a sermon about saying 'yes' to God's call in which the pastor asked us how we would respond if we had a burning bush moment.
-
Risky with love: Rethinking the parable of the talents
The parable seems to imply that what God values above all is striving and will reward those who maximise what they have been given for the simple reason that more is better.
Most Read
-
The little known story of England's first evangelical Queen
-
Why the appointment of the next Archbishop of Canterbury may prove challenging
-
In these dire times for the Church, Paul's attitude and example in 2 Timothy are inspirational
-
Extraordinary events save a priest's life after random stabbing
-
Calls for Archbishop of York's resignation over CofE safeguarding failures
-
Persecuted Christian children remembered on Red Wednesday
