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  1. How Churches Can Strengthen Local Food SystemsA church can support local farmers and food systems through practical care, faithful relationships and wise use of its resources. Food is never merely a…
  2. When You Can’t Feel God’s PresenceThere are seasons when worship feels flat, prayer seems to stop at the ceiling, and familiar Bible passages no longer stir the heart as they once did. You may…
  3. Raising Kids Who Love To Serve: Family Projects With PurposeChildren learn compassion through repeated experiences of noticing needs, offering help, and trusting God with the results. A family service project gives…
  4. When the Church You Love Starts to ChangeThere's a particular ache that settles in when you walk into a church you've known for decades and find the hymn books have moved. The creak of the pew is the…
  5. Patience in the Story of Joseph and What It Teaches UsPatience is a quality most of us say we admire yet struggle to live out. The pace of modern life rewards speed: same-day delivery, instant messaging,…
  6. How to Share Your Faith Like a Real PersonTalking about what you believe can feel like walking a tightrope over a crowded barbie. You want to honour God, you do not want to alienate your mate, and…
  7. Ink on paper: why a handwritten note still matters in a wired worldThe cursor blinks on a blank screen, the keyboard waits, and within seconds another email shoots across the country. Yet in Brisbane, in Perth, in a small town…
  8. Finding steady ground when the vows were breakingI was sitting at a long timber table in a West End café, watching the jacarandas drop their purple blossoms across the footpath, when my phone buzzed with the…
  9. Why Our Church Began Walking With Single MothersOur church began a ministry for single mothers because we kept seeing faithful women carry enormous responsibilities with very little support. They arrived for…
  10. The discipline of simplicity: living with less to give moreAustralian homes keep getting larger, garages keep filling up, and the average backyard in a suburb like Penrith or the outer fringes of Brisbane now holds…

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