Our ability to embrace and accept reality, with all its limitations and disappointments, is at the heart of emotional wellbeing. And as parents, one of the most important messages we can give our children is that it's OK to be ordinary.
"The way my brain works now that I'm 22 is just completely different than it did when I was 18, and I still have more growing to do," says Helena Kerschner, a young woman who once identified as male and started her medical transition before deciding to live again as female.
The grace which Stott exemplified flowed from his trust in the truth of the Bible. Today, in the days of evangelicals often bashing each other over the head on Twitter and on Facebook, this connection between Scripture and humility is perhaps something we need to re-discover.
When challenges come, is our instinct to panic, to despair, to try to find somewhere safe to run to? Or do we, like David, entrust ourselves to the reigning, righteous God, who is our refuge?
Sometimes we can be so busy focusing on the 'next thing' in life, that we forget what God has already given us.
We often have a certain reticence about entering someone's private space - we don't want to invade. But we have to make the effort to get to know our Muslim neighbours.
Whether we can shout, whisper or only mouth along, when we worship, God moves.
Jesus' crestfallen followers changed dramatically when they encountered Him unexpectedly on the road to Emmaus. The same can happen to us today.
Carl Thomas, the new head of XXXChurch, is frustrated by the lack of support for Christians struggling with porn addiction.
Exploring faith doesn't require us to leave our brains at the door. In fact, it should take us on a journey to Christianity, not away from it.
American theologian and Christian apologist, Tim Keller says he lived "in denial" about death and only "half-believed in the resurrection" until cancer forced him to re-examine his faith.
It's time that this remarkable woman got the recognition she deserves.
