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- When the church walks beside local first respondersSirens cut through the quiet of a Tuesday evening in the western suburbs of Melbourne, and the reflection of blue and red lights painted the brick walls of our…
- When Worship Music Feels Distant, the Hymnbook WaitsThere are Sundays when the band strikes up a familiar chorus and the words simply will not leave the throat. The screens glow with lyrics, the room fills with…
- When a Mother Prays for a Prodigal Son Through Twelve Months of SilenceShe keeps a folded piece of paper in her Bible, the date scribbled in her own handwriting. Twelve months earlier, her son had walked out the door with a duffel…
- Hosting a Neighbourhood Block Party That Points to JesusAcross many Australian suburbs, houses sit only metres apart and yet the people inside them often live worlds away from one another. The kettle might be on,…
- Why our pews need more intergenerational friendshipsThree rows back from the front of a small church in rural Queensland, a woman in her seventies has been saving a seat for a young apprentice electrician since…
- Bearing one another's burdens one text at a timeGalatians 6:2 has been folded into countless devotional books and sermon outlines, yet the practice it describes often feels harder than the comfort of a…
- Reviving a forgotten prayer garden and the faith lessons it gave meThe overgrown patch behind the church hall had been forgotten for years. Tucked behind a rusted iron gate and swallowed by lantana and wandering trad, the…
- Writing your own psalm of lament and praiseWhen sorrow and gratitude collide in the same breath, the psalms of the Hebrew Scriptures provide a template that has outlasted empires. They move from wail to…
- How a Weekly Family Faith Night Shapes a HouseholdThe Australian weekend rarely sits still. From the first bounce of an AFL match in Melbourne to a backyard cricket game in a Brisbane suburb, sport claims a…
- When God says no: trusting his plan behind the closed doorEvery believer eventually stands in front of a door that will not open. The promotion falls through. The adoption paperwork stalls. The marriage that seemed…
