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An everyday pep talk

An everyday pep talk

When my time of the month rolls around, by that I mean my article deadline, I usually write about a thought that has outstayed its welcome in taking up valuable brain space..

  • When the Church married coffee

    I am not a fan of coffee, I don't particularly enjoy the taste, and I find it quite bitter and harsh.

  • When Jesus was a pop star

    The rain trickled in shiny rivers down the car window, blurring the outside world into a grey, muffled cocoon. 

  • Several proposals and a life lesson later

    It was the most romantic and endearing question I had ever been asked. Life changing.

  • Living with artistry—marvel and wonder

    Have you ever stared at a hand-carved wooden bowl and marvelled at the smoothness of finish and delicacy of wood grain?

  • Christians against vegans

    One of my best friends, let's call her Sarah, has recently turned vegan. She's been vegetarian since she was seven, but about six months ago she began transitioning to a vegan diet.

  • What it means to love

    Love has many complications, especially in this day and age where there is heavy warfare about what it means to love someone of a different belief structure or sexual orientation to oneself.

  • A guide to the inner wardrobe of simplicity

    Has anyone else like me had the dream since childhood to own nothing but the clothes on their back and pillowcase tied to a stick and swung over their shoulder - containing only a few earthy trinkets?

  • Don’t worry, you’re next

    Have you ever woken up thinking of the great things you could do for God, only to have something bad happen and your thinking change to maybe you are not so good?

  • The power of no

    I work with kids between the ages of eight and eleven. It is a very important developmental period as they are so impressionable and can still learn new things very quickly.

  • 3 myths of shouting

    My older boy was shouting to stop his younger brother from destroying his block tower. The younger one shouted back as he wanted some blocks too.

  • Riverbeds & raindrops

    I read Joy Cowley's memoirs recently, Joy Cowley is a very well known and loved New Zealand author with an absolutely firm and warm handle on the written word and storytelling.