First, a recap Over the past 5 weeks, we have been exploring the different stages we experience when going through change and different strategies to cope with these changes. "Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people." - Exodus 13:22 We began with recognizing the grief that occurs when situations change and we have to mourn what we have lost. We discussed the importance of recognizing the impact that something ma

Would you go into this bathroom? Imagine being where the photographer is positioned in this physical space - how are you feeling? "Icky" is probably a really good description, right? What does anxiety feel like to you? Is it butterflies in the stomach? A pain in your chest? A sensation that something terrible is coming? For me its jitters in my body and this sense of hyper-vigilance that creates a rather intense desire to run. Its a really unpleasant feeling - a feeling that,

I don't know about you, but something feels different about this recent resurgence of COVID cases in Melbourne. Maybe it is because the first time I was consumed with a newborn baby and sleep deprivation; maybe it was because the state was going into lock-down rather than relaxing restrictions or maybe it is because I now have a greater understanding of the possible consequences of an uncontrolled community transmission; but my anxiety is surprisingly high. Even though there

"Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people." (Ex 13:22) I don’t think I remember a year as chaotic as 2020 has been. From the extensive bush-fires that started late 2019 to floods that soon thereafter followed and now to COVID-19, every one of us has been through a variety of emotionally, mentally and financially taxing changes this year. Our entire world has changed as we know it over the past 6 or so months and

Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me..." (Mt 28:18) You're not as a big a fan of change as you think you are. I used to think I was a lover of change. The truth is, I now realize I love change that I can control - which when you think about a typical week, is not as much as you might assume. In a year of major world events - including our bushfires closer to home, and then the global pandemic - change has been thrust upon us,