Faith

Faith

Rereading the Day

September 27, 2025

Each evening, do you reflect on your day? Do you make a note of the blessings and delights you received? How about the difficult times? Perhaps you think about the moments when

Creativity·Faith·Life

Shame About AI

September 26, 2025

Should people who use AI feel ashamed? Should I feel that way? While researching AI, I found a commenter saying authors who use AI to promote their work should be ashamed of

Creativity·Faith·Motherhood

Birth Pangs

September 22, 2025

Suffering is not death rattle, but the pain of birth pangs. Eight times, I was convinced the birth pains were too much for me to bear. “I want to go home!” I

Faith

Pretend

December 7, 2024

Early yesterday morning, I snuck into Gemma-Rose’s bedroom. “What are you doing, Mum?” A sleepy voice from the bed. As I fumbled in the dark for a pair of shoes, I whispered,

Books·Faith·Motherhood·Womanhood

One Molecule at a Time

February 8, 2024

I ask, “Watch the movie or read the book? Which one do you prefer doing first?” Imogen replies without hesitating, “Read the book.” Then she adds, “Unless the book is based on

Books·Creativity·Faith

The Spark

January 26, 2024

I gave up crying, petitioning, begging, “What am I meant to do?” Exhausted by the struggle, I stopped fighting, rolled on my back and rode the waves, content to go wherever the

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The Woman Chain

January 18, 2024

Just over a year ago, I was in a dark place. The world had returned to normal after covid, but I was finding it hard to shrug off the effects of being

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True Love

January 12, 2024

I was attracted to the novel The Hundred Loves of Juliet when I realised it was a Romeo and Juliet book: After a bad breakup, Helene Janssen runs away to Alaska to find some peace

Faith·Motherhood·Womanhood

Silence and Slow

January 10, 2024

The other day, I listened to a podcast conversation between Fr Mike Schmitz and Matt Fradd. Matt said something like, “I’ve been telling people I went to Sydney to give some talks,

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Delightfully Slow

December 31, 2023

The other day, my husband, Andy, and I offered to pick up my mother, who’d been away on holiday, from the train station and take her and her heavy luggage home. Arriving

Faith·Life

Love Unchanging

May 29, 2023

At 7:20 am every Sunday, we file through our front door, open and slam car doors, buckle seat belts and ignite cold engines that have been idle overnight. We drive, two cars

Faith·Marriage·Motherhood·Womanhood

Adorn

May 12, 2023

A parcel from my favourite clothes shop – Karma East – drops in my letterbox. Tearing it open, I reveal a print fabric bag that conceals a vibrant dress that delights my

Faith·Womanhood

Reinventing Ourselves

May 14, 2022

When I was younger, I often came home from social gatherings and replayed conversations in my head. Did I talk too much? Had I sounded silly? I’d wish I could go back

Creativity·Faith

Grand

May 28, 2021

On the fourth last day of autumn, I think: what am I going to do today? Stay inside away from the chilly wind and continue proofreading my third Angels novel? Every time

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