Some Book Recommendations from 2025 Happy New Year everyone! It’s the time in the blog’s life cycle that I make a few reading recommendations about books I have enjoyed during the past year. Some are spiritual, some are fiction, and they cover quite a range of topics. The one thing they share in common, is […]
Dear Friends, I wonder where you sit on the New Year spectrum? Many people like to see in the New Year with family and friends, others prefer to go dancing and hit the town so to speak. Others find it a really difficult evening, a painful reminder of times past when people were present who […]
Home Communions and Prayer Quilts Horrible news reached us on Sunday about a devastating attack on the Jewish Community at Bondi Beach in Sydney as they gathered to celebrate the feast of Hannukah. To date, 16 people have died, and there are many others seriously injured and critically ill in hospital. Events like this remind […]
Making Invitations Meaningful Many of us will have experienced social occasions where we sometimes feel ill at ease. Maybe it’s because we don’t know many people there and we feel a bit shy or awkward about striking up conversation with people we don’t know very well. Sometimes, too, we struggle when we don’t quite know […]
When you are undone by your children One of the lessons I find I am learning more as I get older, is that often my children are my greatest teachers. I know in my head that I’m supposed to be the one who sets an example and models good behaviour, but there are times when […]
Dear Friends, Most of the people reading this magazine will be pretty familiar with the events of the first Christmas. People will know the familiar story of Mary and Joseph making their way to register in Bethlehem for the Roman census. They will know of how angels appeared to Mary and to the shepherds after […]
Finding the Joy in Service It’s always a special thing when people have looked after you well. If you have enjoyed a meal out or been lucky enough to stay a night away, it’s a special thing when you see how much people have tried to make your experience memorable. When volunteers do something like […]