TWENTY YEARS OF COLOUR

TWENTY YEARS OF COLOUR

Colour Sisterhood Conference – a gathering of Christian women begun within our denomination by Bobbie Houston of Hillsong Church – recently celebrated its 20th birthday and I found myself reflecting on the significance of attending eighteen of them and the...
THE GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP – PART 1

THE GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP – PART 1

Friendship is truly one of life’s great gifts.  I can say that now that I’m in my late forties and have decades of relationships and life experiences behind me.  I had no real understanding of the role my girlfriends would play in my life as a young woman,...
DESTINED TO RUN

DESTINED TO RUN

 I found myself recently on a treadmill, but not by choice if I can say that, but out of a pure need to have my heart functions tested to check the state of responsiveness in stressful conditions. Luckily for me, I did not trip over or fly off the end when they...
CREATING ENVIRONMENTS

CREATING ENVIRONMENTS

I think we all get ourselves into negative cycles from time to time: the way we parent, the way we speak to our husbands, the way we talk about others, the way we think about certain things, the way we eat or exercise (or lack of), the way we speak about ourselves can...
SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL

SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL

For my husband’s 50th birthday, we decided to celebrate by taking a major bucket list ticking holiday to Hawaii.  We were not disappointed.  The friendly people, the bending coconut palms, the perfect temperature, the rolling swells of Waikiki Beach all...