by Australian Christian women. Since September 2015

Some moments from the Christmas story loom large in my imagination. The shuffling of feet through Bethlehem’s darkened streets in search of lodging. A new baby, all skin creases and twitching muscles laid in a makeshift bed. Shepherds on a hillside shocked and awed by light and song. A star shining brighter than those around it. There is also another significant moment, precluding these nativity scenes. It’s two women, one young and one old, looking at each other wide-e

Earlier this year I attended a weekend camp where the students I teach had been wearing retro. Their retro is fashion of my youth. They look like the characters in Friends. Mules, floral prints, printed t-shirts and 501’s are back. Perhaps not evidence for the circle of life but a reminder to me that I am dated by the circle of fashion. I was wearing my own piece of retro a beautiful old 1960’s scarf – the right red with a touch of green which somehow avoids descending in