SECURE ENOUGH TO VENTURE OUT
I love reading the biographies of daring and creative people. They widen my horizons and give me a taste of a world different to my own. But I always find myself wondering where the courage to cross new boundaries comes from. Or the daring to attempt outrageous...
REACHING ACROSS THE DIVIDE
This website, The Together Project, was born out of a passion to reach out across the divide between men and women. Not by about asserting the rights of women, nor of men, but by exploring how to relate and work together. How to develop shalom between genders. Shalom,...
WE SPOKE ABOUT EBOLA
Ebola has broken out again in Africa. Until recently, I was often teaching at conferences for church leaders in many of these countries. Though not in the Congo. The previous outbreak began in 2014. At a Kenyan conference that year, among sessions on the Bible,...
ONLY A HOLY GOD
A psychologist studying trauma recently said to me that no human relationship is totally safe. Really? So sad. My mind went to wondering if our God-relationship can be totally safe. I have known some people who as a result of childhood experience of a distant or cruel...
GOD’S GIFT of AWE
One time hiking the Cape-to-Cape track down the coast of Western Australia we sat on a cliff overlooking the well-known lefthanders surf break near Gracetown. We watched the black clad riders below get up and test the waves. And I wondered whether the Creator of...
WRITING CREATIVELY
Someone has said: Sitting at a piano does not create a masterpiece, but you had better be sitting at one when the creative impetus arrives! After dedicating twelve months to writing my latest book, I’ve been reflecting on the creative process. This time I am not just...
GO AND SIN NO MORE – gender and power issues are with us still
I was given Helen Garner’s book about male privilege, The First Stone: Some questions about sex and power, as a Mother's Day present. Sweet irony! So I took it to...
Part Four – Liz on working together in ministry
Trevor and Liz Sykes tell their story of working together in marriage and in the church (in four parts). Sometimes a woman is accepted in her church because she is “the woman we know”. This is the story of how Liz came to be accepted as a pastor alongside her husband...
Part Three – Trevor’s journey into shared Christian ministry.
Liz and Trevor Sykes tell their story of working together in marriage and in the church (in four parts). Part Three – Trevor’s journey into shared Christian ministry. After 3 years at Kenmore Christian College, we were found ourselves struggling financially and in...
Part Two – Liz’s journey to mutuality in marriage
Liz and Trevor Sykes tell their story of working together in marriage and in the church (in four parts). Part Two – Liz’s journey to mutuality in marriage Like Trevor I am delighted to contribute these posts about our life together, firstly as a couple and then in our...
