Bree Mills
Have you lost ‘The Dream of You’?
Jo Saxton’s newest book ‘The Dream of You’ is released this week and I was very thankful to be given an advanced copy to read and reflect...
Melinda Cousins
Engaging with the Bible beyond merely reading
“Walking around the Cologne Cathedral seeing the biblical story unfold on the stained-glass windows was an “a-ha!” moment for me, as I...
Tanya Riches
Entering a New Year: Playing with the Spirit
This year, I was honoured to be asked to preach at the Christmas Eve service of St George’s Anglican Church Paddington, Sydney. This...
Elise Heerde
When Hope Hurts
As 2017 draws to a close I wonder if you find yourself with a desire that you so dearly hoped would have come to pass this year. Yet, as...
Moyra Dale
Nail Polish and Spiritual Discipline
I read the books on spiritual disciplines and tried to learn from them – Richard Foster, Dallas Willard, other earlier great mystics, and...
Laura Tharion
The Church is not our Enemy
“Redemption stories sing…” Sometime during my childhood I read a novel about a boy who survived as a pickpocket on the streets of London....
Elise Heerde
The Wishing Well
When you were little did you ever throw coins into a wishing well? As a little girl, I remember my Mum giving me coins to throw in any...
Jane Robinson
Using my days well
I’ve always liked the idea of “using my days well”. When I was teaching I could look back on the day and see what had been done. Now that...
Elise Heerde
The Problem with Perfection
Do you try your best but your best never seems good enough? You strive to be the ultimate friend, wife, mother, sister, daughter,...
Moyra Dale
Women's Shame Part 1: Ascribed
It has been good to see further discussion in western journals and books on the subject of shame and honour in the past few years. We...
