Latest Blog Posts for Sheridan Voysey

• The Best Books I Read in 2016 (Plus 27 Others Worth Knowing About)
  on Dec 6, 2016 in Blog Books
  This is something I love doing for you every year: a roundup of my best reads from 2016—from the soul-baring wit of Nick page and Marilynne Robinsons living, breathing characters, to the reflective poetry of David Whyte, and Tony Horsfall’s refle...
• The Real Reason Beauty Leaves Us Breathless
  on Aug 30, 2016 in BBC Radio Blog On Life and its Meaning Podcast Beauty Creation God Looking for God Nature
  The human heart craves beauty. It’s why we visit art galleries, gaze at photographs, seek out the window seat, give flowers to the sick. And it’s why I was so deeply overwhelmed one memorable day in the lagoon on Lord Howe Island... Natural beaut...
• A Prayer for Disappointed Olympians (and the Rest of Us)
  on Aug 24, 2016 in Blog On Life and its Meaning Resurrection Year Book Broken Dreams Failure Olympics Overcoming Sport Success
  Like me and probably like you, my friend Clare Chate watched a lot of the Rio Olympics. Moved by the public failures some of these athletes endured, she wrote this post and prayer—which I’m sure will prove helpful for all us non-athletes too...in...
• Need Some Direction? Well Don’t Just Pray. Move.
  on Aug 16, 2016 in Blog Discover Your Calling On Spirituality and Change Resilient Book Guidance Life Rhythm Prayer
  As a young, new Christian, I was struggling to find my path in life. For two years I’d prayed about how I should serve God, yet I still had no clear direction for my life. Until one day, I learnt what Jesus said about making good choices… and my...
• One of The Best Things You’ll Hear Today: You Are Known
  on Aug 9, 2016 in Blog On Faith and Belief Resilient Book Loneliness Relationship with God
  In a world of global connections but ever-declining intimacy, of burgeoning cities with more and more alienated souls, of billions of individuals who secretly wonder if anyone really cares, here is a truth that heals and liberates: you are intimately...
• Need More Friendships? Here Are Four Things That Make Them Rich
  on Aug 2, 2016 in BBC Radio Blog On Life and its Meaning Podcast
  'Who can you call in the middle of the night when everything has gone wrong?" When I first heard this question some years ago it shook me to the core. I didn't have an answer. Even recently, I've found myself in need of deeper friendships. So I did s...
• Need a New Dream? Here’s 12 Questions to Help You Find One
  on Jul 26, 2016 in Blog On Spirituality and Change Resurrection Year Book Dreams Self-Help Spiritual Gifts
  Ever since I wrote a book about starting again after a broken dream, I've found myself answering lots of questions about them. 'How can you turn a broken dream into a new beginning?' 'When should you let a dream die?' And this one especially: 'What i...
• When Looking in the Mirror Isn’t Pretty
  on Jul 19, 2016 in BBC Radio Blog On Life and its Meaning Podcast
  We’ve all had days we’d rather not see our reflection in life's big metaphorical mirror. Catching a glimpse of our true selves can sometimes leave us unimpressed. I had one of those moments one day at a 'driver survivor' rest stop in Australia. I...
• In a World of Ideas, How Can We Find the Authentic God?
  on Jul 12, 2016 in Blog On Faith and Belief Podcast Unseen Footprints Book God Jesus searching for god
  As any psychologist can tell you, our understanding of God is vitally important. Many are held captive by an imaginary deity shaped by fear, pain, past, or our own desires. These humanly-inspired gods always fail us, or forever holding us in torment.
• Ever Considered Where Your Ideas About God Come From?
  on Jul 5, 2016 in Blog On Faith and Belief Podcast Unseen Footprints Unseen Footprints Book Belief God Images of God Portrayals of God
  As a primary-schooler I contemplated God and felt trapped. At the time my parents were in one of the world’s more zealous religious sects, I was being raised according to its tenets, and the God of this faith was difficult to please. We all hold an...

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