Around this time of year, the “new year, new me” mantra is the latest post on everyone’s social media feeds. But, most of us don’t have any clue of what we want to change or how to change it. Wondering how to put your best foot forward in 2018 and beyond? Here are some things I’m implementing: According to Thomas Edison, “vision without execution is hallucination”. Set aside some time to really contemplate what you desire and put a plan of action in place to see it through. F

I used to think that God wanted much from me. I needed to be good and holy and upright and worthy and sacrificial and pleasing to the Lord. And because I thought that this was how I was to love God and that this is what his love would do in me, I believed that all the world WANTED something from me. I practiced the kind of life that was always trying to make up for the love I was so desperately searching for. But Mary shows me something different. God birthed his ‘essence

Live loved. KAE

Live loved. KAE

I’ve been challenged to dig into the meaning of the Christmas story more than I previously have. And the more I do, the more I feel that the modern world (including the Christian one) has gone “off message.” Why did Christ come? Why did he come as a baby? How did he impact the community he was born into? And what could it possibly mean for us today beyond the tinsel and the mistletoe? I’m not finding answers to these questions in toy store aisles, tables laden with Christma

Most years, I start the Christmas season full of expectation and joy and then fall in a heap on December 26th exhausted and burned out. There’s always so much to do and prepare: gifts to buy, parties and functions to attend, food to make, dinners to host, which always includes a thorough house clean. School finishes a few weeks out from Christmas here in Australia, so the kids are home, lists are made, the tree goes up… Christmas in full swing often turns out to be the busies