Stories
CategorySomething about unashamedness
In the first days after I had given my life to Jesus, I was very quiet about the event. I did not have a ‘running-around-the-streets, hera..
Something about reproducibility and indispensability
When I was singing and leading at a larger, multi-service church, we went through a phase of establishing additional campuses. “One church..
Something about breakneck speed*
Back in the days when I was closer to fit and thrifty than fit and fifty, I rode my dodgy purple Indi 500 up a long hill to a bike shop in..
Something about finding my keys
I couldn’t find my keys this morning. That’s not unusual. It happens more often than I’d care to admit.
It’s Wednesday morning, and tha..
Something about badges
When I was younger, I was a member of the Girls’ Brigade, a Christian version of Brownies or Scouts.
On Anzac Day at our school, everyo..
Something about getting what you want
My first real job was with Shell Australia. I was a marketing graduate with them out of Uni and it seemed a privileged score.
I remembe..
Something about a tapestry
I have a tapestry on the wall which my grandmother made. I loved my grandmother. Growing up, I felt like she understood me better than any..
Something about pushing back the chairs
It was a worship camp. In Baldivis. The sort that a larger church has. Everyone connected with the music ministry of the church came along..
Something about lying on the bathroom floor
“ God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction”
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Something about regret
In 1990 I bought a lot of new dresses. It was the year I turned 19, and I went to the weddings of 16 friends that year.
By the end of t..