A few months back, a friend came up to me and gave me a word. She told me that the season had changed and now is the season of the ‘Deborah-anointing.’ She was referring to a lady in the Old Testament called Deborah, and there is an incredible account in the book of...

The description of a Spirit-led life in Psalm 23 is layered and profound.  Last week I shared some thoughts around the “still waters” that He leads us to, of facing the dramas and busyness of life without, while experiencing His peace within.  This passage...

One of the best known Psalms is possibly Psalm 23.  “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.”  It is a passage that has brought great comfort to many as it describes the “Valley of the shadow of death” and how God would lead us through that journey of...

Wilderness times take us out of our comfort zone. They take us into undiscovered places. Wild and free, unmapped and unseen. Initially, it’s terrifying. We haven’t been here before and we’re not sure we’re a fan. There are no signposts, and the terrain is...

 As some of you will know, our family recently had quite a challenge.  One of our little grandsons, Beau, who is three months old, contracted bronchiolitis and ended up in hospital in quite a serious condition.  The doctors had decided that he needed to...

I’d say I was about 11 when my Mum gave me my first tube of mascara. It seems awfully young to start wearing makeup but in my mind, I was risking certain social rejection if I didn’t go to school with cherry coloured Lip-Smacker. I’m sure my Mum battled with...

I have the best job in the world. No seriously, I do.I get a privileged front row seat to some of high school’s brightest and darkest moments, and have the opportunity on a weekly basis to shine some light into young people’s lives as they navigate their teenage years...

 When I was in my early twenties, my brother, Daniel, and I were doing some recording of songs that he had written.  We had spent a wet, miserable day at the recording studio in the Blue Mountains and started heading home mid-afternoon.  As we drove...

The events of the last few weeks have been horrific.  Bombings in Manchester, shootings in Egypt, knife rampages and vans mowing people down in the streets of London, murder in Melbourne, suicide bombers in Tehran.  Attacks are daily all over the...

Dieting is hard work!  I’m six months in and have totally plateaued!  My coach is patiently waiting for me to get a revelation that ‘food is just fuel’.  Uggh! I still see food as the centrepiece of celebration, the source of stress relief, the common...