on the edge of ordinary

Before we went on home assignment in 2023 I was reading a book called Uncommon Ground ,   a collection of essays brought together by Tim Kel...

Recently I saw an article about a former Australian model, Anton, who has gotten into real estate in Japan. We're periodically seeing ne...

I have had a fairly quiet start to the year. Truth be told, I'm still getting used to the quietness that has settled on our lives now th...

I took time out of the house yesterday, mostly with the intention of making more progress in reading the book  Awe and intentionally followi...

We went back to our home church last weekend for the second Sunday in a row. It was a relief to feel a lot less fragile this time. Almost th...

I started this blog post a couple of weeks, just after I sent out our latest prayer letter. Writing (mostly) monthly prayer letters is somet...

I haven’t written a blog post yet this week, mostly because it’s been a busy week away from my desk. Actually a very different looking week ...

I've got some spare minutes and want to write here, but don't have any strong topic in mind. That's not good! I had a writing ...

Inspired by a month of posts by expats about their kitchens by Taking Route Blog #thisglobalkitchen, I'm going to tell you about mine. ...

So I've resolved this school year to blog at least once a week.  But every now and then in my job I run into a quiet patch and have more...

A notable characteristic in Japan is looking after the customers. We've seen a great improvement in this in Australia over the years, b...