It goes without saying: wisdom comes with time, experience, and age. An aching in the heart for absolute truth to prevail. A desire for conscience-shaking, purging, and cleansing. Why? Because humanity is overdue for it and is wired for it, whether we acknowledge it or not. I recently revamped and refreshed my MuSinGer blog, reviewing…
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The Indefatigable Dr Bay
For truly, I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.” – Matthew 17:20 “…for the battle is the Lord’s and he will give you into our hand.”…David…
Restoration
I just finished watching a video by Dr Naomi Wolf (see at the end of this post) where she reads one of her substack articles: Thanksgiving in A Victim World. It left me reeling and realising just how much we have lost, and wondering what it will take to find ourselves again. The video/article perfectly…
All Those Years
All those years when we could have been singing.All those years if they didn’t go away.All those times when we could have been laughing.All those days when the children would have played. Time stood still while lives were disappearing.City streets silent when the people stayed inside.All those years when we could have been living.Swallowed by…
Singing from the Same Hymn Sheet
“Don’t just believe everything you read girls, question everything.” She emphasised that word: ‘EVERYTHING’. The class was quiet. And I’ve since questioned why her words stayed with me. Ms T. was my English teacher in my senior VCE high school years. She was Greek-Australian with frizzy long hair, a zest for life, a hearty laugh,…
What Matters Most
Lent 2021 is almost upon us. This time last year life was, for all intents and purposes, kicking along in this new decade. Sure, there may have been rumours about some sort of virus in China spreading but many people – here in the southern hemisphere at least – were only hearing tiny rumblings and…
Wounded in a Dark Wood
Did you know that 2020 marks the seven hundredth anniversary of the completion of Dante’s Divine Comedy? How apt. This post was not going to be about that, but I stumbled across this fact as I was searching for a metaphor about being ‘wounded’. Lost in a dark wood? Bingo. Little did I know in…
Grace in the Wilderness
It seems that I am constantly hunting… For books in my bookshelf,Ways to play the piano better,Improving my singing technique,Tips about contemplation… Or something else. Sometimes I am picking up where I left off, starting something new then putting it down again, or seeking ways which will satisfy my longing for connection, love, and peace….
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