on the edge of ordinary

It's amazing to me to recognise that it's already a week since we left Japan!  What has re-entry been like this time? Very smooth. W...

It's been a great joy to be able to come back to Australia this month and interact with our kids in a different way, to start laying dif...

Massive leaves in Singapore It's been two weeks since I last wrote here, but it feels like a lot longer because of all the things that I...

This week I've seen a couple of articles from A Life Overseas website about neurodiverse missionary kids. It's a journey we've w...

Tomorrow is the one-year anniversary since our role as parents-with-kids-living-in-our-house ended. Yes, "empty nesting" began. It...

The day after our son's wedding we farewelled our two younger sons as they flew back to Brisbane and then worshipped with my parents and...

On Monday I went to our organisation's monthly regional gathering on the other side of Tokyo. It was, as usual, a huge day. But also a r...

I was chatting to a colleague the other day on a Zoom call. He noticed the piles of boxes behind me and asked about them, a little concerned...

Every time we go to Australia for home assignment we have a debrief with a psychologist/counsellor. A few years ago they told us we were obv...

I kinda regret that I had to talk about our ministries to people in Australia. How many of you have to stand up in front of friends and stra...

A week and a half ago I came down with a cold that David had already had for a week. We’re both still recovering, though each day our sympto...

Moving day, four weeks ago! It's hard to believe that it's been a month since we moved into this apartment, but the calendar doesn...