"Give him 4.5ml once a day." I couldn't understand what the nurse was telling me, although I knew I should be able to, ...

A Chronic Voice prompts for June 2019- Wondering, Repeating, Getting Hot season is over and the rains are here.  They say it never rai...

It was exciting to be part of a big campus ministry. So many things happening. New training programs for believers. Creative outreach i...

"like a pair of old shoes, we are useless without each other (well, I’m useless without him, but I think he’d do okay with...

“Yucky” was my son’s first reaction when he saw people wearing shoes inside. It was his first ever visit to Sydney, Australia. It w...

I wasn't sure what to expect when I became a counselling client. Here is how it worked out for me. Regrouping after realising somet...

He laughed and talked for ages in the local language. All that smiling I assumed it promised happiness. But later the missionary told us ...

I feel like I never get anything out of it, or put anything into it. Plus it throws off my kids sleep so we all get extra tired and ...

My relationship with thankfulness soured when I realised I'd used it to paper over pain. At the time I thought I was doing the ...

A guided tour of the blog. I write mostly about 3 things: 1. Cross cultural life  As an Australian living overseas in a cro...

It has been a long hot humid day here in Cambodia. Feeling so tired and slow, but wanting to try the 5 min free write today anyway.... h...