Welcome to the Inspiration section of the Activate website. Here we hope to provide you with useful stories, articles, videos, etc., to inspire you and share with you ideas from other Activate readers.
When friends return from a family holiday and you ask, ‘How was it?’ the honest ones usually respond with something like this famous line by Charles Dickens: ‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times’! Read how guest blogger, Debbie Van Den Berg learned a lesson in patience and resisting panic […]
‘The hardest days end up being the best days’: A lesson in patience from our holiday Read More »
*Spoiler alert! Read after watching!* My teenage son loved it first, and that’s the main reason ‘Barbie’ brought me so much joy. Jumping on the Barbenheimer trend, he was the first to see it – on its release day. There is a fear (mainly from those who haven’t watched the movie) that the portrayal of
‘Barbie’ turned me into a family hero this summer Read More »
My job involves encouraging people to make friends and communicating the value of great small talk. Practise what I preach, right? Wrong! We’ve just been on a great Christian holiday abroad. My husband and kids were exemplary socialites, but I was a loner! Only one person approached me to chat, and that was to say,
I didn’t make friends on holiday, but I only blame myself! Read More »
(Re-post from July 2017.) Picture in your mind for a moment an evangelist… Did Billy Graham come to mind? Or someone with a loud, confident voice standing at a street corner? File that visual image for a moment. Now think back to the moment you came to believe for the first time. Who was
Find out which type of evangelist you are and get excited about it! Read More »
Joy Stevens shares three things to remember when sharing faith in our current culture. Years ago, in the schoolyard, I got up the nerve to mention to my new friend that I was a Christian. It had taken me weeks of wrestling with my own fear and the Holy Spirit. As had been my mode,
How to Respond When a Friend Says, “I’m not Religious” Read More »
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