This weekend I participated in a Zoom Bible study (audio only) with women graduates of TAFES. It was facilitated by an Associate of TAFES who runs a life coaching business. It was about Rebekah, an example of a woman who saw through her plans which succeeded even in a problematic […]
Since we started on self-isolation, our family has been reading a Psalm each night over dinner (sort of – we’ve been on iso about 60 days, but we’re only up to Psalm 40!) Our kids have heard ancient Israel’s songs praising God and also ones crying out to God in […]
People have been asking us what life is like for us at the moment. As it happens, our boys wrote a letter to ‘the kids of the future’ to explain what it was like to live through the coronavirus and they have given us permission to share it here. It’s […]
Below are three self-care resources I shared with TAFES staff workers as they began working from home and isolating themselves. 1. Look at your whole self There is more detail shared by psychologist Eileen Feliciano here in 25 brief tips for mental health during quarantine. 2. Look at your movement […]
As campus ministry moves fully online during the pandemic, we have noticed again the limitations of inductive Bible study. Yet there is more than one way to fruitfully read the Bible. I’ve been talking with a pastor friend in Adelaide whose community is about to start using discovery questions for […]
We are entering our 6th week of self-isolation. Our children have a good basic understanding of the Coronavirus and why we are self-isolating but recently their behaviour has suggested they have some unresolved grief that needs to be processed. Some of the behaviours, like fighting with each other more might […]
We have just been in Australia for 6 months, sharing about what we’re doing in Tanzania, and what we’re learning from Tanzanians. For example, we’ve shared about how hierarchy in Tanzania is different from in Australia, and how enriching it can be to open to those different ways of doing […]
