Discipleship Weekly Archives

No little people

by Phil Boydell | Apr 30, 2026 | Blog, Discipleship Weekly

Phil Boydell invites you to preview a brand new resource, The Alongsider Course.

Walking with, not fixing: the quiet work of being there

by Susan Watson | Apr 24, 2026 | Blog, Discipleship Weekly

Susan Watson, a member of the Navigators safeguarding team, gets practical about what is (and really isn’t) helpful when getting alongside someone who is hurting.

What if?

by Rosalyn Boydell | Apr 16, 2026 | Blog, Discipleship Weekly

Ros Boydell ponders the question: ‘What if it wasn’t independence we were aiming for, but interdependencea?’

But I’m not finished

by Holly Price | Mar 26, 2026 | Blog, Discipleship Weekly

Holly Price recalls a childhood memory, as she wonders how Jesus and the first alongsiders experienced Easter Saturday.

The Oscar contender that turns us inside out

by Holly Price | Mar 5, 2026 | Blog, Discipleship Weekly

Three character‑driven films are leading this year’s Oscar race. Each centres on a family haunted by its past, and each features powerful performances that reveal the cost of healing generational shame and trauma. The drama of each is found in ‘the turn’: will they turn their back on one way of life in order to turn towards someone?

Kindness draws us in, patience keeps us there

by Loveth Ci | Feb 26, 2026 | Blog, Discipleship Weekly

There’s a saying: ‘Kindness draws you to people, but patience keeps you there.’
If there was ever a story that lived this out in real time, it’s my story with Jane. And let me say this from the start: I never signed up for this alongsider journey. I didn’t want it. I didn’t pray for it. And for a long time, I certainly didn’t enjoy it.