By Madeline Twooney When l was six years old, l experienced my first bushfire. I grew up in Victoria, Australia, in a set of low rural mountain ranges called the Dandenongs about 35km east of Melbourne. That summer had been a real scorcher, with little rainfall and strong winds. The majestic eucalyptus gums that surrounded […]
A Wide Believing
by on April 19, 2018 19 Comments
“If I could ask anything of us, this ragged band of us looking for a way home, crossing the Jordan River, it would be to believe wider for each other.” —Hilary Yancey, Forgiving God: A Story of Faith, p. 57 I have heard that “thoughts and prayers” are not enough. This is a phrase often shouted by […]
We Are a Beautiful Roar
by on January 31, 2018 14 Comments
What an incredible time to be alive as a woman on this earth. Twenty years ago, I became part of a movement of women who prayed that abuse against women would be revealed. We asked that human trafficking, slavery, violence against women, sexual abuse—everything that was so evil and still so hidden, diminishing women in the […]
The Fire
by on October 5, 2017 3 Comments
by Beth Watkins | Twitter: @iambethwatkins I was still young when I learned of the fire. I grew up in its proximity, among others who were alight, and I was in love with everything about it, asked to take it from my mother’s table As early as I can remember. I asked for the fire; This […]
When Love Is An Ocean
by on July 19, 2017 14 Comments
You call me out upon the waters The great unknown where feet may fail And there I find You in the mystery In oceans deep My faith will stand – Oceans, by Hillsong I sat on the wooden floor of the church meeting room, surrounded by the gentle chattering of my colleagues on the course […]
