Yay! Advent is my favourite season in the church calendar, and it’s here! I love to celebrate Advent and so I’ve put together 11 great ways to celebrate…
What are mealtimes like at your place? Do you have family ways of serving, eating or talking together? Would you like some fresh ideas to make the most…
Kids specialise in concrete thinking. The idea of praying and concepts like gratitude and forgiveness can be pretty hard to grasp – even for adults! You can help everyone…
Would you like to know your neighbours better? When I was a little girl, our elderly neighbours had spare keys to our house. We fed each other’s pets during…
From Rudolf and Santa to Slinki Malinki and the proverbial Pukeko in a Punga Tree, there’s a Christmas-themed picture book for everyone. In most bookshops, though, Baby Jesus…
Do you remember when you first heard your baby giggle? Or when a game of chase or peekaboo or tickle-the-toes turned your toddler into a bubbling heap of…
Do we have the Easter Bunny to thank for a couple of days off each autumn? Does the New Zealand government have such sympathy with chocolate lovers that…
After the sad death of Margaret Mahy last year, the title of greatest living children’s author in New Zealand must go to Joy Cowley, author of literally hundreds…
What’s really important to you? Could someone tell by looking in your diary or on your household calendar? Do you spend time on what you think is most…
How well do you know stories of your ancestors? I go back five generations in this land, on each side of my family, but what came before that…
Humans are physical creatures. Â Our bodies matter to us, and they matter to God – we’re not just pure spirit. This month, if you’re looking for ways to…
Kids don’t belong everywhere. They’re not an orchestra’s target audience and the tense whispers of snooker commentators suggest that toddlers wouldn’t be welcome at tournament finals. But what…
Once I started looking pregnant, strangers started treating me differently. Â My own policy is never to assume someone with a little roundness in the abdominal region is pregnant…
My Grandma was a big part of my childhood. Â When I was little, I used to get on the bus and go and stay with her in Eketahuna…
My congregation got smaller last year.