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.
People have a way of shaping and forming us. Some make us feel good, some make us feel awkward, whilst others leave us downright depressed. Some inspire us to greater heights while others discourage us from ever trying again. People ought not to hold such power over our lives, but when it comes […]
Who are the people who make you feel awkward for your own good? Read More »
So we were throwing out tradition and convention. We had no formal service structure, liturgy or format that we wanted to adhere to. But what would it actually look like each week? We could go with the flow and see how the Holy Spirit, and each different team member, would take it? But that is
What does a non-church service look like? Blog post no.6 Read More »
I stumbled across an article this week. Nothing unusual about it, in fact, it was pretty standard. You know the kind? Get a celebrity body in 10 easy steps… that type of thing. This exact one was about the beautiful Saturday night TV host, Tess Daly. In particular, how to get Tess Daly’s legs. I would
You don’t need Tess’s legs Read More »
Psychiatrist Dr Irvin D. Yalom conducted a simple exercise in which he gathered a room full of total strangers, randomly paired them off, and had each partner asked the other, repeatedly, the same simple one line question; “what do you want?” “Could anything be simpler?” Concluded Yalom following the exercise. He wrote; “one innocent question
What do you want? (What your longings tell you about yourself) Read More »
WHETHER you choose to believe the media hype or not, today is the day branded as Blue Monday. Occurring around the third Monday in January, it’s the exact day when the bills from Christmas will start dropping through the letterbox, reality kicks in that there’s still weeks to go before pay day and statistically you’ll
Blue Monday… YOU Monday! Read More »
