I Need a Village You’ve probably heard the quote, “It takes a village to raise a child.” And whilst I have always read it as meaning the child needs September 7, 2020
Peace in a time of uncertainty I’m the kind of parent who’s wellbeing is strongly tied to how well my children are doing. How are they doing academically? How are they September 1, 2020
When things don’t go to your plan When I was growing up I thought I knew how it would go. I would fall in love at high school. I would get married. I would August 31, 2020
Choose to Be Still The house was unusually quiet. The boys were engaged in their class Zoom session and our dynamic three year old was in the playroom happily August 26, 2020
God’s extraordinary work through His ordinary servant A terminally-ill, 70+ Qi Gong master received Christ via a former student during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. As we studied the Pray Go August 24, 2020
Three Scriptures for Responding to a Lockdown We live in strange and unusual times. If you’re anything like me, I’m sure you’re finding it an odd time to navigate. I wrote a August 12, 2020
I’m not there yet “…The water’s cold and I just wanted to finish washing my hair!…” [sob… sob… ugly snot cry… sob!]” That was me this morning as my long-suffering August 4, 2020
Making the Most of Now My Mum lived with terminal cancer for sixteen years before she passed away. Those years took us on a rollercoaster of emotions, filled with countless July 29, 2020
A Strong Woman of Prayer The woman who introduced Roshan to us introduced her as a strong woman of prayer. She relied hugely on Roshan when she had a friend July 29, 2020
The Power of Dreams Shirine’s stepfather has had Jesus come to him in dreams a number of times, but he still does not know that his name is ‘Jesus.’ July 29, 2020
A Beautiful Man Salmah heard a parable told when she was in primary school. The parable involved Jesus supplying an old man in the market with gold to July 28, 2020
Developing a Growth Mindset Do you ever think about your thinking? Have you considered how your ‘self-talk’ impacts your attitude and actions? I remember telling myself chemistry was hard July 23, 2020
Be That House My husband and I decided right from when our children were very small, that we would be ‘that house’. You know the one. The one July 23, 2020
Simplest Things God uses the simplest things. Yesterday I dropped in to see how our Wednesday Food Care Team were going and offered to make a delivery April 27, 2020
Street Stories For many years our local neighbourhood used to get together for Christmas drinks. We all seemed to enjoy it year after year so a few April 8, 2020
Thailand In January six families responded to the call of the Holy Spirit and went on a short-term trip to Thailand. The team’s first engagement was April 6, 2020
What God is doing in a church located in Africa I would like to share with you what God is doing in a church located in Africa where I traveled to train local missionaries. Located February 11, 2020
Kelly One Sunday I found myself in Crossway. I’d never been to church before but something drew me here. I was invited to do Alpha, which January 30, 2020
Sonija Ten years ago I came to Australia as a backpacker and met up with some old friends in Melbourne. A very nice couple, Jimmy January 6, 2020
Robyn Like all parents Robyn knows the highs and lows of parenting. She has the extra challenge of caring for three children all living with autism. September 16, 2019
The Power of Activation It seems these days I often need to activate something. A new savings card arrives in the mail and needs activating. I sign up to August 1, 2019
Lingering Longer! When I first had dinner alone with my beautiful (now) wife, I remember the feeling of wanting the night to go on. I enjoyed being March 7, 2019
God of the Unexpected I’m no fan of cats. In fact, I think you can split the population into two groups. There are cat lovers and people like me. December 6, 2018
Go Out Into Deep Water My five-year-old daughter Ada got out of the pool after her swimming lesson last week and her first words were: “I don’t like this new October 29, 2018