On mental health: Useful reads and resources

Soul Tour materialA brief, Bible-saturated perspective: Hope in the darkeness of mental illnessI’m Not Supposed to Feel Like This: A Christian Approach to Coping with Depression and Anxiety By Chris Williams, Paul Richards and Ingrid WhittonBuilding a support system...

Side by Side: Walking with Others in Wisdom and Love

By Edward T. Welch The first third of this encouragement to help others is actually a reminder that we all need forgiveness, community and practice seeking support. “Those who help best are the ones who both need help and give help,” he writes. Then he draws a...

Spiritual Depression

By Martyn Lloyd Jones Lloyd-Jones’ Spiritual Depression transformed my life and ministry. It anchored my stumbling faith in the truth that a person is soul and body. In those not infrequent dark hours of doubt and uncertainty—mine and those shared with others—God has...

News – winter 2017

A place to call home in Otago Next year, TSCF Dunedin will expand its residential housing initiative, with four neighbouring houses replacing The Tree House. Life in the homes, called the Quarters, will be supported by two TSCF staff members and their families, who...

What is truth?

How to recover reality in an age of attractive illusions So, here we are, occupying our little place in space, our short moment in time. What do we know? More to the point, how do we know what we know is true? If we are gods, we can decide what is true and what isn’t....

Truth in the trenches

How to leverage finite knowledge in a world of clickbait and deadlines I received a call at the end of a busy day while stuck in traffic, so I was probably in a bad mood. However the caller proceeded to explain a scenario that would make most journalists sit up. They...