on the edge of ordinary

Our room. Traditional Japanese hotel room. Yep, I'm coming to terms with the fact that this is indeed an unusual month. I wrote about ou...

June, how can it already be June? My calendar says it's a so, so it must be so! My calendar also has a lot written on it this month. It...

Last week was very full. I was looking forward to it, as well as wondering how I would fare. I'm thankful to be past it, but also see th...

These two days (18 & 19) we spent at OMF Australia home staff conference. It was a "day" conference: i.e. attendees were eith...

Can you spot Lake Macquarie in the background? This day we woke up in a caravan park on the shores of Lake Macquarie. A peaceful caravan par...

Here’s one I prepared earlier. Our youngest son is moving out tomorrow and it’s been busy! I've mentioned before that I write 11 prayer ...

A Pacific rhododendron I spied at our meeting on Monday. Gorgeous! This week started with a wonderful influx of people-time. On Monday we ha...

I'd like to get back to this park soon, it's a good place for reflecting! But the lead- up to our family holidays the end of next we...

This week I'm preparing to teach next week at an online course that prepares missionaries to do home assignment. This online teaching is...

The last ten days have been full of some ugly stuff for us. Three of the things that have entered our lives, via people we love, are stories...

I don't often put plain prayer requests up here, but today I feel compelled to. Christian friends, please pray! We've received some ...

I can't avoid it any longer. Today we head south for our monster weekend. This has been in the planning for several months, at least the...

These last two days I've had quite different lunches to what I usually do. Let me give you a taste. Monday On Monday I joined with a ...