Finn: Mum, are you sad that you didn’t have any girls? I sometimes hear people say to you they don’t know how you do it with three boys, and poor you because you don’t have a daughter… do you wish that you had a girl?
Mum: I’m sorry you’ve heard people say that. Because it’s totally wrong to think that one gender is better than another. I wouldn’t swap any of you boys for a girl!
Read MoreA gentle dad means you don’t need to be afraid when you have made a mistake. There is no
anxiety in your child’s mind, worrying about ‘how dad will react’. The gentle dad doesn’t get
angry over small things….
Read MoreChristine Jensen helps us think through the importance of teaching, living and applying the Bible with your family, and provides some helpful tips.
Read MorePart three in a series on living as God’s women in God’s world.
Read MorePart two in a series on living as God’s women in God’s world.
Read MoreA series on living as God’s women in God’s world with this first one about confusion.
Read MoreI was named after Ruth in the Bible. I may be biased, but I’ve always thought she was pretty special. I’ve always been interested in the book named after her. As a child, I thought it was the loveliest of love stories. As an adult I still think it’s within the top five loveliest of love stories, but I’ve come to understand so much more about it, about the three main characters, and about God’s incredible love for each one of them
Read MoreSandy Grant, Senior Minister of St Michael’s Cathedral Wollongong, agreed to be interviewed to discuss report findings in the Anglican Church of Australia commissioned research into the prevalence of Family Violence among those who identify as Anglican, along with related research on clergy awareness and victim experience of FDV.
Read MoreHow do you think about marriage and singleness? In our Christian culture, we can see marriage as the great goal in life and it becomes an idol, as opposed to the Biblical understanding of marriage. In this post, Jocelyn Bignill reflects on her journey to find contentment in singleness. Hopefully, all of us (married and single) will be able to recognise our own propensity to make idols of God’s good gifts of marriage and singleness.
Read MoreIn this third article, Robyn looks at, when we know our King, what are some ways we can show Kingdom love and make a difference to those who have experienced abortion or may find themselves facing an unplanned or complicated pregnancy?
Read MoreIn this second article Robyn looks at how we can start to address the many tragic aspects of this issue of abortion. The first place to go to is the gospel of Jesus. We’ll look here at some ways the gospel shapes our thinking on abortion.
Read MoreIt’s important to talk about abortion thoughtfully as Christian women. There are many ways in which God’s Spirit can take up this issue and use it to probe, convict and comfort every one of us through His Word. In these three short articles, we will let God’s Word talk us through abortion and show us something of ourselves, our King and His Kingdom love at work.
Read MoreAs a young girl, I just loved to talk. I talked all the way through primary school and high school, and when I became a Christian at fourteen, I loved to talk with my Christian friends and leaders about what it meant to follow Jesus. Thirty (thirty!?) years on, I still love to be a part of these encouraging Christian conversations. I went searching for podcasts that specialised in conversations with Christian Women. When I couldn't find any, I decided to start one!
Read MoreWhen Rosie Batty was appointed Australian of the Year for 2015, we knew (or at least hoped) it would get everyone talking about domestic violence. It seems to have worked, and now we can only pray that real and lasting good comes from all that talking. Despite growing community awareness and concern, statistics suggest domestic abuse is rife, and that it’s not only outside the church.
Read MorePerhaps because my reading coincided with the recent debates in the worldwide Anglican Communion and the Uniting Church of Australia about homosexual and lesbian clergy, or perhaps because I am a Christian woman living in a feminist (or post-feminist) society, I found Biblical Foundations for Manhood and Womanhood one of the most rewarding books I have read for a while.
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