A little over a year ago, I embarked upon a No Buy Year, challenging myself to only purchase necessary items and services (groceries, medical expenses, household bills and a couple of exceptions such as birthday & Christmas gifts for others, though not for myself). I thought it would be fun. It was! But it was a whole lot of other things too.

Did I cheat during my No Buy Year and if so, what did I learn?

31 prayers for the renewal of your church with intergenerational liturgy and sermon ideas on Lazarus, renewal and hope.

20+ years ago, a tick bite changed my life. A suspected case of Queensland Rickettsia Tick Typhus following a bout of Glandular Fever took hold. Almost bedbound, then later housebound, I was unable to continue in my dream job, but ... God never leaves us without a way out.

This Lent and Easter we’ll be 'In Conversation with Jesus'. We'll use a different punctuation mark each week to explore the theme.

Some worship stations to explore the theme of journeying with Jesus.

I've never smoked a cigarette, got drunk, wagged school or been arrested, but you’d be mistaken if you thought I was 100% straightlaced.

This year, my church community made a giant Advent calendar inspired by the theme of unlikely gifts. The Israelites expected a king to...

What my Barbie Perfume Maker Taught Me about the Nature of wanting: My No Buy Year Part 2

When I first decided to do a No Buy Year, my very next thought was, 'I should buy a nice new journal to document it!'

This Lent & Easter, we're exploring the theme of Pilgrims Walking the Way of Jesus. We brainstormed a list of items that symbolised the...

Theme For years, I've been intrigued by the fact that Jesus has over fifty names/titles in the Bible. Each one sheds light on a different...

Passing the peace is a special time during worship in which members of the congregation go from person to person sharing God's peace with...

How do the story of the tomb & resurrection from John 20:1-18, the lifecycle of the butterfly and my own story intersect? Let’s start...

Worship Resources for Lent Here is a reflection activity that can be used during the first Sunday in Lent. It works particularly well as...

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....

It’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...

A 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...

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...