When Elliot and I arrived in Australia, I had to give a tremendous amount of energy to thinking about how we would get along in Australia, since Elliot’s upbringing and my parenting had been influenced by our context in Tanzania. Since then we’ve both learned some things about how to […]
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On his first time in Australia since he was 6 months old, there are all kinds of things Elliot is discovering, like: carpet! street lights. On the way home from the airport in the dark in the car, he was watching his hands and saying to himself, ‘light, dark, light, […]
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In the months before we publicly announced that we are moving on from St John’s University to work for TAFES, we had a number of meetings with our boss and people who have been mentors with us. We were very nervous because we knew they would be very disappointed, but […]
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What do you make of this image? Where does it take you? City Wonder (introduction/all posts) is a series of visual meditations on the city, exploring themes like creativity, ecology and decay/renewal. Each image is a window into a realm or mindframe; an invitation to an ethos or concept; a meditation on histories […]
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As the academic year draws to a close, I realise it’s been a year since we finished our time at Bible college. In a year so much has changed! This time last year we were writing our final exams for Greek and Hebrew exegesis. This year, we’re doing lots of […]
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