Why we started Gentle Hearts

Our first letter lands on the first Sunday of November, which is communion Sunday in some churches. I will save the topic of communion for next time. Today, I want to share more about why we started Gentle Hearts.

The world is busy, often hectic; and many of us are under pressure of one kind or another. It might be money or a relationship. Quite often it is something we brought on ourselves, which is the hardest kind to complain about.

It need not be loud. It need not be forced.

Gentle Hearts is our attempt at an oasis of peace. We want it to be a place where you can share our faith and our love for Christ, and find some peace, or at least a reasonable resemblance to it, so that you can carry on with your life and your work.

We believe life in Christ is about getting to know God, and ourselves, better. It need not be loud. It need not be forced. Nor is it about chasing money, which is an awkward thing to write in a letter that will shortly admit we sell things. None of us is the finished article. Walking with Christ is how we grow, and how we hope to inspire and share the gospel with others when they see Christ in us.

Gentle Hearts is not a pastoral, educational or influencer site, so please do not mistake us for your pastor or your textbook. We are a small family in Singapore, sharing what we believe in and love. Most of what we write and make is for our own children and our own home. The things we sell are things we use ourselves, and we sell them because we hope they will bring some peace and love to your home too.

If anything we share or make ever hurts you, or goes against what you believe, we are sorry. Please share your view with us.

I hope Gentle Hearts, and the community around it, will keep growing, and that more people will find it meaningful. You will have noticed the verse at the top of this letter. It is my favourite in the Bible. It gave me the strength to carry on, because through it I realised I am not alone on this journey. I hope Gentle Hearts can pass that on to you.

With love, the Gentle Hearts family