Caring about people is hard. So many people and needs. So much going on, going wrong. Terror. Abuse. Depression. Poverty. Hate. We can be left feeling limited – there’s only so much I can do. Liable – I should have done more. Lost – where can I start? Lonely – who’s caring for me? Often, we can’t identify with people because, put bluntly,...

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When you have a child, people are really interested in who it looks like, who the child resembles. To be honest, I can’t really tell, babies look like babies to me. But often, even complete strangers, will come up to us and tell us who they think our babies look like. People find it fascinating – talking about every detail, analysing every feature. I’m...

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When people really want something… they’ll form a queue. It may not always be orderly or neat, but people line up for the boxing day sales, they queue outside Aldi before the weekly “Special Buys” go on sale, there’s even the few faithful still crowding around apple stores when a new iPhone is released. Photo by Hal Gatewood on Unsplash We’ll go out...

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Do you love your city? Recently Melbourne lost the title of “world’s most liveable city.” After 7 years at the top, it fell… to second place. But for a city that ranks so highly, we find it easy to pick its faults (transport, cost of living, safety, etc.). It’s loud and busy and… that’s why I think God loves it. Our city is...

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When I was a teenager, I thought it was funny to say, “aim low, you’ll never be disappointed.” I thought it was kind of clever. Depressing, discouraging and devoid of hope… but clever. I was more interested in being clever than being courageous. We might not openly and intentionally think this way, but subconsciously, I wonder whether we’ve settled for aiming low. We’ve...

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