God of Comfort, Some of us are freaking out and we're turning to tangible things like toilet paper canned beans and packets of baby wipes

A few years ago, an old book came into my possession – a book with a back story so intriguing, I barely slept for two days for thinking about it. I was resea...

Hi, my name's Moses. You may remember me from such speeches as the ten commandments and that time I parted the Red Sea.

I've been recovering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for some twenty odd years, so I'm often asked for advice by people who've been newly diagnosed with ME/CFS...

There are three things I know about my paternal grandmother: She was born in 1891 in a small village in Holland. During the Second World War, when food was s...

My friend and fellow poet, Mandy Langlois, has written an Easter blessing especially for my congregation. Since its message is universal, with Mandy's persmi...

It's been a long time since I wrote a poem – a good couple of years by my calculations. However, after attending my first ever watercolour workshop yesterday...

Lessons from the wilderness 1. You can’t avoid the wilderness. Many, if not all of us, have had wilderness experiences – times when we’ve stepped into the un...

What is the Process of Temptation? I don’t believe the cause of temptation is external. Rather, I believe it stems from an inner wound. There are times we fe...

Shortly before I learned to walk, my mum took me to a friend’s house that was filled with pots of brightly-coloured cyclamens. The moment I saw them, I wante...

Flabbergasted and angry. That's how I felt as I read a recent post by the Managing Director of the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL), Martyn Iles. Here he out...

‘Then, at his command, it all melts. He sends his winds, and the ice thaws.’ – Psalm 147:18 (NLT) When I was in high school, my Year Eight art teacher had a ...

When my health collapsed in my late twenties, it was as if I’d been air-dropped – SAS style – into a wilderness survival course. I found myself in the metaph...