A lost job, a mortgage refused, a house sale collapsed at the last minute. Romans 8:28 does not call these things good, but it promises that God is working them together.

When news of violence against young Black men reaches our living rooms, praise can feel hard. A devotional on Psalm 34 for families who pray at the door as their sons go out.

Whoever speaks first in the morning often sets the weather for the whole house. A reflection on Psalm 34:1 and the power of words spoken early at home.

Many of us have built homes for working, paying and rushing, but not for resting. A reflection on Genesis 2 and Psalm 127, and on letting the house we labour for become a place of real rest.

Every home runs on habits set years ago: who cooks, where the money goes, which room nobody uses. Some deserve keeping. Some just need someone to say, ‘Up!’

Anyone who has lived through a renovation knows it gets worse before it gets better. The same is often true of growth in a person, and in a household.