Mum, I had a bad dream! How many nights have you woken up with a jump to see your child standing next to your bed, whispering “I had a bad dream”? February 1, 2021
The reality of motherhood I grew up watching shows like Full House, the Nanny and re-runs of the Brady Bunch. I loved these shows and they made parenting look December 21, 2020
‘Walking’ with the Lord Over the past decades my relationship with my Heavenly Father has been marked by a series of walks. Starting in my young adult years, I December 17, 2020
Small gesture, big impact! Three weeks ago, my second eldest daughter finished her school year for the last time (cue sniffles and waterworks). Years of early starts, packed lunches, December 14, 2020
Great is Thy Faithfulness: One Hymn, Four Revelations to Worship Worship is an outward expression of an inward belief that God really is good. It does not have to be in a form of singing. December 8, 2020
Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire! We’ve been blessed with a textbook first child. She eats well, sleeps well, is well-behaved, cleans up after herself and looks out for her younger December 7, 2020
Building gratitude into your child’s life: ‘Thanks’ An attitude of gratitude goes a long way to building a healthy community. “Thank you” is not just polite and good manners, but foundational to November 30, 2020
Pastoring Your Street – Sue “If I don’t go back I’ll miss out” – Sue shares about how God’s prompting led to an unexpected conversation. November 23, 2020
Pastoring Your Street – Mitchell & Brooke New to the street, Brooke and Mitchell were inspired to think creatively about how they could connect with their neighbours through a simple gesture.https://vimeo.com/482466969 November 23, 2020
A tiny but important word for your children to hear: ‘Sorry’ A word we expect children to say but which they also need to hear. Much of the time we rightly expect our children to say November 23, 2020
Liberation comes at the point of surrender Sandra was admitted to hospital in the early days of September last year. Sandra received the finest nursing care during her stay in the hospital, November 17, 2020
A tiny but important word for your children to hear: ‘Yet’ I knew of a child who was not eager to try anything much. His response to most questions, even the question of “What would you November 16, 2020
Pastoring Your Street – Etervina “Hopelessly in love with Jesus” – Etervina shares about how the love of Jesus inspires her to share God’s message with people around her. November 9, 2020
Four words all children need to hear: ‘Because’ Language is a key part of learning and repeated language can have great impact as we learn, not just academically but also important life skills November 5, 2020
Stepping Out of the Shadows Have you ever been so overcome by fear that you don’t want to leave your house? When I was about 12 or 13, I suddenly October 28, 2020
Learning to be Intentional If there is anything I have learnt in the past year, it is that there is something special in intentionality. Being intentional can come in October 14, 2020
Embracing a New Normal I’m lying awake and it’s the early hours of the morning. My husband is peacefully sleeping next to me, my son is sprawled across our October 5, 2020
Be Kind to Yourself Let me start with a confession – I’m a true perfectionist and extremely competitive. In January we moved to Melbourne from Hervey Bay, Queensland and September 28, 2020
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