Marianne MusgroveDec 11, 20203 minEphphatha: What does it mean to ‘Be Opened’?When I was four years old, I stepped off a train, misjudged the distance and fell through the gap between the train and the platform. Wer...
Marianne MusgroveMay 29, 20202 minThe Wisdom of TendrilsIt’s a Wednesday and I’m confined to barracks while I await my Covid-19 test results. The perimeter of my yard is as far as I’m allowed t...
Marianne MusgroveMay 27, 20203 minIgnitionA friend of a friend exited the shops one day only to discover her car was missing. Assuming she’d forgotten where she’d parked it, she m...
Marianne MusgroveMar 20, 20201 minA Prayer for Panic-BuyersGod 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
Marianne MusgroveFeb 19, 20203 minCan You Forgive Someone Without an Apology?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 a...
Marianne MusgroveFeb 17, 20203 minChoose Life - a drama based on Deuteronomy 30:15-20Hi, my name's Moses. You may remember me from such speeches as the ten commandments and that time I parted the Red Sea.
Marianne MusgroveNov 23, 20198 minA Survival Guide to ME/CFSI've spent the past twenty odds years quietly recovering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. For this reason, I'm often asked for advice by pe...
Marianne MusgroveOct 16, 20193 minExiled from the Heart: coming home to myself 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 ...
Marianne MusgroveApr 19, 20191 minAn Easter BlessingMy friend and fellow poet, Mandy Langlois, has written an Easter blessing especially for my congregation. Since its message is universal,...
Marianne MusgroveApr 17, 20191 minWatercolour PoetryIt's been a long time since I wrote a poem – a good couple of years by my calculations. However, after attending my first ever watercolou...
Marianne MusgroveMar 20, 20193 minJesus Tempted in the Desert – Part 3: Lessons from the WildernessLessons from the wilderness 1. You can’t avoid the wilderness. Many, if not all of us, have had wilderness experiences – times when we’ve...
Marianne MusgroveMar 20, 20193 minJesus Tempted in the Desert - Part 2: Temptation as wound within not evil 'out there'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. T...
Marianne MusgroveMar 20, 20194 minJesus Tempted in the Desert – Part 1: The first 39 daysShortly 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...
Marianne MusgroveNov 27, 20184 minHow Christians (Mis)use the Bible to Defend Human Rights Abuse on Manus & NauruFlabbergasted and angry. That's how I felt as I read a recent post by the Managing Director of the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL), Mart...
Marianne MusgroveJun 13, 20184 minThe Sound of a Glacier Melting: Reflections on Thawing our Frozen Gifts‘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 Eigh...
Marianne MusgroveFeb 17, 20184 minLocusts & Wild Honey: Finding Nourishment in the DesertWhen 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 ...