IT CAN WAIT

IT CAN WAIT

I find myself always ‘doing’. Like most people, I am running from one responsibility to the next. I am flying out the door in the morning for the onslaught of a very busy, noisy day as a teacher. I deal with staff and friends all day. After work, we sometimes have the...
BEING DIFFERENT

BEING DIFFERENT

I was about 3 years old, when I arrived in Australia, from Cambodia. At the time there was my dad, mum, younger brother and two cousins, who were now faced with trying to start a new life in a country that was very foreign to us. Yet, I love the courage and...
REFLECTING ON 10 YEARS…PART 2

REFLECTING ON 10 YEARS…PART 2

I stood and looked up and down my street last weekend – it’s lined with lovely deciduous trees that I realised were suddenly looking very bare. It felt like it took a long time to get to this Winter season, summer seemed to go on forever, autumn came late and we...
LIGHT UP YOUR DREAMS

LIGHT UP YOUR DREAMS

During my years at Bible College, I was ‘volunteering’ at Hillsong conference resource centre. Opening night I was chosen to stay watch at the resource stand while the rest of the team attended the service. As they were leaving our team leader said,...
REFLECTING ON 10 YEARS…PART 1

REFLECTING ON 10 YEARS…PART 1

A lot can happen in 10 years. As I consider my own family, 10 years ago we had 3 pre-schoolers and now we have 3 teenagers! 10 years of marriage is certainly a milestone to celebrate. Interestingly, the symbol of this milestone is traditionally tin or aluminium....
ESTHER: A MODEL OF MUDDLING

ESTHER: A MODEL OF MUDDLING

There are many women in the Bible who inspire and encourage me, but none more than Esther. She lived in a dark and troubled time. She was really one of the most marginalised in her situation—a Jewish girl, orphaned and essentially living in as a refugee in the Persian...