Thoughts of a Melbourne Mum in lockdown Luke 10:38-42 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by… Continue reading Why are Sundays harder now?
Ten Albums – (#10)
Rachel, Jess, Neets, Al, and Wally. Doesn’t quite roll off the tongue as well as John, Paul, George, and Ringo, but for me the most formative album is the one I got to help write and record.
Ten Albums – (#9)
Anyone who constructs a list of top ten albums, and doesn’t include Lin Manuel Miranda’s musical tribute to the venerated Virginian veteran’s right hand man can simply close the door on their way out. The 2015 soundtrack was simply
Ten Albums – (#8)
Emu Music are an Australian collection of Christian musicians committed to putting the themes of God’s Word to good music.
Ten Albums – (#7)
Given the propensity for the “Ten Albums” posts I’ve seen to contain more established (and perhaps less personal) albums, I’ve shied away from that here – trying to explain a little of why the album is meaningful. I suspect I’m also trying to remind myself of less-remembered albums so that I don’t forget them as… Continue reading Ten Albums – (#7)
Ten Albums – (#6)
Resilience is something of a buzzword at the moment in workplaces in the West. The cynical take is that it’s just businesses pushing responsibility for the stress they create back onto their workers. That may be the case in some places (not mine!), but resilience as a skill – or the idea that stress is… Continue reading Ten Albums – (#6)
Ten Albums – (#5)
Every year except one*, my wife and I have gotten away to celebrate our wedding anniversary. We are blessed to be friends with lots of really lovely people (hopefully including you, dear reader) and in 2009, we travelled to visit some of them in the United States of America. A wonderful friend traveled across state… Continue reading Ten Albums – (#5)
Ten Albums – (#4)
Things would have been very different when I started working as an undergraduate at Telstra, if it weren’t for my boss at the time – a brilliant bloke named John. He was technically capable without being nerdy, politically savvy without being a politician, and a strategic thinker and genuinely pastoral person. He worked hard to… Continue reading Ten Albums – (#4)
Ten Albums – (#3)
Like many others, the early stages of Steph’s & my relationship had a soundtrack provided by John Mayer.
Ten Albums – (#2)
After university, having expanded my musical tastes somewhat – I’ll probably go into that a bit more later – I stumbled across an album by a performer I’d mostly written off up until that point.