Colossians – a letter from Paul to the Church in Colossae – is one that I find myself flicking through pretty regularly, mainly due to the sheer amount of gems that we find inside of it. Any of the verses could be written on a post-it note and stuck to your wall: Paul packs...
Jog On: What God has Taught Me While Running.
It’s Saturday morning at the time of writing this, and I am currently laying down as flat as I possibly can on our living room floor, having just come back from a run. I went for my first ever run, using the couch-to-5k app, about two years ago, and I have officially caught the...
Plan C is Just as Good (I Promise).
“If you don’t do what God has told you to do, then He’ll find someone else to do it – you’ll have missed what He has for you”. It’s one of the first things that I remember being told as a new Christian. It was the week of one of the many summer camps...
Should we Burn Dirty Fuel?
This post is a kind of response to a video that caught my attention on Youtube – Hank Green is a well-known figure in the YouTube community, and in this video he was sharing his thoughts on motivation, and where we get our...
Lean In.
One of my favourite parts of the Christmas period this year, was a morning that I spent lazing on a friends’ sofa, with a blanket and a cup of tea and my Bible, while the rest of the house still slept. It was that odd time between Christmas and New Year, when we were...
Stop Paddling – It’s Time to Jump Up.
I will admit that I know next to nothing about surfing, and most of my knowledge comes from bad Australian soaps that I watched as a child – but I’m pretty sure that the process goes something like this: you paddle until your arms hurt, and you’re in deep enough water that you will...
Psalm 1 (ish): The Psalm Series
You can read the NIV translation of Psalm 1 here. This is an interpretation. I am called blessed. For blessed is the one who holds on tight to God; in the sunshine and in the showers, amongst the shouts of celebration or the taunts of accusations. Blessed is one who does not listen...
How to Be There for Your Friends.
A little while ago, I wrote a blog post about how to do long distance friendships well: as I have grown up, I have come to treasure the people in my circle who are really around for the long run. There is such value to be found in these friendships that we are really...
Mental Health and Faith: Let’s Talk About It
We’ve had a bit of a focus recently on mental health: it has been amazing to share some experiences from our lovely friends, and to be a part of this ongoing and growing conversation around mental health. As we said in our first post on the topic, mental health – literally the health of...
Let the Morning Bring Word of Your Unfailing Love, for I Have Put my Trust in You.
Every now and then, I land for a couple of days in the town that I grew up in. My parents are there, and all the families of the kids that I went to school with; while the kids of my generation have pretty much all grown up and moved away for university or...