Violence doesn’t always look like what we see in movies or crime shows. It doesn’t only happen in alleyways or bad neighbourhoods. Sometimes it happens in homes, in schools or even at church. And sometimes it happens to people we know and love. That’s what the enditnow movement is about. It’s a global push—started by…
How would you react if the next iPhone came out with a pair of devices? If you buy the phone, you automatically get both. Sounds good, right? But what if these two devices ran on two different operating systems that were hard to sync. Well, I guess you could just use one and chuck the…
The season of life that I am currently in, involves a mole hill of laundry and a mountain of relaxed times that feel loving. No wait.. Ah! my brain.. The other way around! If I find a moment to tentatively sit down, the silent alarms are activated and within nanoseconds someone furry or otherwise is…
Many of us enter a period of reflection towards the end of the year. For some of us it has been one of the toughest years yet. Nevertheless, we must not forget that God still loves us and even the heaviest of storm clouds eventually dissipates to reveal clearer skies. There are certain moments that…
Stain glass windows have long since been a feature in many architectural designs, and mainly remembered for their presence in Gothic cathedrals and churches. Brilliant colours and glass shapes depict stories and characters of moral or religious value. Expensive to commission and timely to both design and build, stained glass ornamentation is but a supporting…
Last Christmas our extended family went camping, which is something we often do together. (And by camping, I really mean ‘glamping’! Sometimes we literally take the kitchen sink!) We were camping in tents by the beach, in the dunes, doing a mixture of adventuring and relaxing. Everything was going great, until one night. That night,…
Next week we are moving house and our lives. Between now and then I need to physically dig up the bulbs that I have planted here and put them in either pots or a box ready to take with me to my new life. I feel paralysed. I am looking for self-soothing activities and avoiding…
Who are the women I look up to? Who are the women who inspire me? These two questions have very different answers and attitudes. Who do I look up to, I guess I would say those who have achieved great things or overcome significant obstacles. Who inspires me and has a true influence on my…
Big camp is no doubt designed to bring us many spiritual blessings and opportunities, but our focus and feelings along the way can enhance or inhibit that blessing. When setting goals, we are encouraged to take charge of the inputs rather than try to control the outcomes (Eyal, 2019). For example, I will exercise every…
Because of our relatively mild climates in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific, we don’t really have a camp-meeting season in our corner of the world as Adventists have over the North American summer, for example. But, with the Easter weekend and school holidays, we can have six camp meetings happening across Australia. For…