Why do we struggle so much with repentance?
By Helen Thorne
Author: Helen Thorne
Helen Thorne is the director of training and mentoring at London City Mission.
Can I ask you a question?
One of the great privileges of being involved in pastoral care is asking people questions that will help them reflect afresh on their heart, their life and their loving Lord.
Trouble is, often we’re far better at asking those questions than having them asked of us.
A Christmas Prayer
What will you be praying for others (and yourself) this Christmas?
Helen Thorne suggests a Christmas prayer based on Mary's Song in Luke chapter 1.
How do you view the idols in your heart?
How do you feel about the wrong desires that lurk deep within? When we become controlling, does that bother us? When we get irritable, do we resolve to work on our own hearts rather than lash out at the other person?
To put the questions another way, are we more like King Amon or King Josiah?
Helen Thorne reflects on 2 Kings.
Talking about death
How do you feel about death? Helen Thorne has been asking that question recently and found that people are often keen to talk.