March 28, 2024
the art of words. The importance of careful speech, of welding this weapon well, with grace and love. Being gentle but intentional, Speaking truth in kindness. There is wisdom required with using words in all of its forms. There is a beautiful tension in the creation of words that are uttered verbally to impact positively.
December 31, 2023
I find myself sitting in the quiet of my big and empty (for now) home this Sunday morning, reflecting, while the family is off to Church. It is the last day of the year – 2023. I am now Mother to three adult children and a sixteen year old. I have one year left of their schooling – my third child is completing year 12 in 2024 and my youngest is completing 3 terms of year 10 and then attending...
December 29, 2023
(Written by Conny Stewart – December 2023) It started with a Word! God spoke and the universe was formed. Let there be Light, He said, and darkness was broken. The world was formed and humanity breathed its first breath. And God called His creation good. But soon darkness began seeping through the cracks and the light began to fade, so God decided to send His beloved Son to this world He loved, to illuminate the Light once more. Love is...
July 8, 2021
So, if you too are in this time of waiting - a process of time that seems endless and continuous, then I want to encourage you. At the end of the waiting, there will be a glorious, wonderful, precious outcome, if you let God do His work in you while you travel through the waiting.
February 4, 2021
He has carried me through it all and I couldn't possibly imagine my life without Almighty Father in it. Fully entrenched and growing deeper. My testimony is that in every season, He has been there. I have changed and grown, failed and succeeded, and through it all God remains a constant.
January 7, 2021
choose to be whole and to live whole, and to me that means living each day with intention. It means getting back to the basics, to the truth and the simplicity of life. To sort through all the external noises and voices to find the whisper within. To find meaning in the chaos and to focus on The One.
November 27, 2020
Through the heartfelt and heart-breaking moments of dancing and fighting, of car drives and long chats, of sing-along's and movies, of dressing up and staying in, of missing out and getting picked, of making and creating, of wreaking and breaking, of chores and games, of all the memories we made - we have made it!
November 20, 2020
Savour /ˈseɪvə/ – To experience and enjoy to the full. I heard something that stopped me in my tracks today: …The ability to savour has been proven to increase happiness. It got my attention because it brought together a number of seemingly disparate thoughts I’d been pondering. It reminded me of the books I’ve read lately about the Danish concept of Hygge. Hygge (pronounced Hoo-ga) is a sense of cozy togetherness marked by slow enjoyment of time, food and ambience....
October 30, 2020
What if I told you there is something scientifically proven to reduce stress, improve your health, and improve your productivity and focus? And it’s available to everyone, and sometimes it’s even free? I’m sure you’d want to get yourself some of that, yes? Well it turns out that there is something, and it’s right under your nose. The answer is nature. Let me demonstrate. Imagine yourself for a moment in a forest, sitting comfortably underneath a large tree. Flowers dot...
August 3, 2020
This is not really a fairy tale, but it is a love story or more accurately, a story of love becoming. It was twenty one years ago, last month (July 2020), that I met the man of my dreams. Okay, let’s be real here! There were not really many dreams or hopes and wishes – I was quite happy being single, but I did meet the man who would soon become my husband, and I am ever so grateful that...
July 30, 2020
Do you think we will ever really grasp the heights and depths, the lengths and wide expanses, the vast magnitude of God’s love for us? It is displayed in glorious beauty all around us, every moment of every day. Are you watching? Are you seeing? Can you feel it and understand it? I constantly find myself standing in awe before His magnificent creation and yet, I think it is but a glimpse of His wonder. God’s love for us is...
May 16, 2020
I've discovered that every moment is a new opportunity to try again and get it right. Every moment is a fresh start, a new breathe, a new chance to love and lead and mother again. Motherhood is truly a mission, but I've come to realise that its also very much a gift.
May 15, 2020
The God who sent Noah into the ark and the God that watches over us through this season will provide!
April 28, 2020
A home is a space where the tide of life can ebb and flow. Homes should evolve with our needs and journey with our seasons.
April 22, 2020
Flourishing is a consistent growing. It's something that takes work and effort. It's a moving towards something, a flow, a becoming.
December 17, 2020
Each one of us have different abilities with different capacities. We all learn throughout our lives what routines and rhythms work for each of us. What works for you may not work for me, and vice versa. That does not mean you or I are less than the other, we are simply created with different capacities.
November 25, 2020
Everyday I have ever lived has seen unusual, imperfect, difficult, and unknown. Each day has brought the unexpected, unplanned, unseen and uncontrolled. Every single day I have had to navigate challenges, new ideas, others opinions, other people, my own imperfect self, and that's before I even walked out of my house in the morning.