Not Brilliant, But Loved open.substack.com/pub/edenslig...

We can’t all be Harriet Tubman, but I pray I may be a little bit more like her - with more determination to free myself from anything that has enslaved me, more courage to fight against injustice, more attentiveness to what God is saying and more willingness to go where the Spirit leads me.

Today is the feast day of Harriet Tubman, who died on this day in 1913. If you haven’t seen Harriet on Netflix, do yourself a favour and watch it - a wonderful movie about a truly inspiring and remarkable woman.

"It’s odd to me that some of the same people who will use the epithet Jezebel for women who wear yoga pants or teach Sunday school take no notice at all when they themselves defend the same sorts of real crimes that Jezebel actually committed." www.christianitytoday.com/2025/03/mora...

Let this sink in.

This thirst for love artandtheology.net/2025/01/06/t... My poem published in “Art/s and Theology”

The great thing about taking photos of tiny details within nature is everything becomes a photo opportunity. While waiting for my son to get out of a doctor’s hospital, I took this photo of the nature strip with my mobile phone. #photoopportunity #naturesbeautyiseverywhere

Valerian at the bible gardens, Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture

"Flowers and roots" - being overlooked and the importance of roots! link.medium.com/X4Xoh0YEOPb

Achievements - and what really matters. A reflection on how thinking about our accomplishments can sometimes make us lose sight of what really matters. link.medium.com/C4zjN62bNPb

We all think we're playing the lead role in our own movie. When in reality, it is God's movie, Jesus has the lead role and we're all just supporting characters. And yet each one of those supporting characters is important to God.

'The old is gone, the new is here' - New Year's resolutions and becoming a new creation through Christ #christianity medium.com/eden-exiles/...

Happy New Year. "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!" 2 Cor 5:17

'The old is gone, the new is here' - reflections on New Year's goals and resolutions and being a new Creation through reconciliation with Christ medium.com/eden-exiles/...

“Hope builds a bridge across the abyss into which reason cannot look. It can hear an undertone to which reason is deaf. To the hopeful, the world appears in a different light. Hope gives the world a special radiance; it brightens the world.” –Byung-Chul Han, The Spirit of Hope

My car may be filthy… But at least it’s been having fun

Picked up a parcel from Kootong yesterday - and had completely forgotten what I ordered. Opened it this morning, feeling a bit miserable and rejected. And this was one of the books. ‘Uninvited: living loved when you feel less than, left out and lonely’ by Lisa TerKeurst.

"Joy to the world" - a reflection on the Christmas carol and what is means to have joy at Christmas, despite life's disappointments. medium.com/@lizjakimow/...

Today I saw an eagle on the road. And I had a camera in the car. I hope the people behind me are grateful I didn’t park my car where it was and get out and take a photo - because I was extremely tempted!!

When most people think about nature being beautiful, they probably think of the big and the majestic. Yet there's something even more amazing about seeing how much detail and beauty God has created in even the tiniest plant or animal.

Sun breaking through storm clouds yesterday - a good reminder that even when the storms hit, the sun is still there. Even when it's dark, God is waiting to break through.

Pambula Beach early yesterday morning. There's something special about going to the beach first thing in the morning, to be there as the sun is rising and the world is starting to wake up.

Had a great time yesterday at Pambula beach, making friends with all the crabs (although I'm not sure they saw it that way). It's a wonderful thing to look at rocks at the beach, just marvelling at the incredible diversity.

Araluen sky from last week

Went to get the last rum ball from the packet and there was none in there! Thought I must have eaten them all. Then saw the last rum ball sitting next the packet where it must have fallen out. What a roller coaster ride of emotions that 30 seconds was!

Yellow-tailed black cockatoos - with many thanks to my neighbour who rang and told me they were there! Unfortunately, I only got the one shot in before they flew away. Hopefully they liked it so much they come back to dine again. #australianfauna #blackcockatoos #australianbirds #gardenwildlife

The yearning for God - in suffering, in creation and in beauty. medium.com/@lizjakimow/...

It’s a beautifully rainy day here in Araluen and Braidwood. Often when it’s raining, people say ‘stay dry’. Stuff that. Get wet! Walk outside, take photos, jump in puddles, stare at the sky, rejoice in the feeling of the water upon your skin and forget what your hair looks like.

I must be in a bad mood. I’m eating chocolate at 8.30 in the morning!

Today was meant to be the first day I’m back in the office after five weeks of working from home. And now I’ve broken my toe and can’t drive. I have trouble believing me at this stage!

‘I walk with beauty before me I walk with beauty behind me I walk with beauty above me I walk with beauty below me I walk with beauty all around me. Your world is so beautiful, Oh God’ Navajo prayer, quoted by Matthew Fox in ‘Creation Spirituality’

I hope anyone reading Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ this December is doing so in 20 instalments as it was originally intended. To read it all in one go in a book really isn’t reading it correctly at all! #blueskybooks

They say that when you turn 50, you let go of all the things that no longer serve you. But maybe it’s also a time for returning to the things you now miss. I miss studying, travelling to places around Australia, bush walks and good Christian fellowship.

Well my day has just been made. @jbonjovi.bsky.social just liked my comment. And this is before I followed them on Bluesky. Been a huge fan of Bon Jovi for 35 years!

Photos from Araluen Creek #naturephotography #findingbeauty #thelittlethings

I am a nature photographer because I love to find beauty in tiny details. It's a bit like finding joy. Anyone can find joy when everything around looks rosy. But when you see beauty in the little things, you have joy whatever the situation. #joy #beauty #tinydetails #thelittlethings

More photos from the Airing of the Quilts at Braidwood Anglican Church. #church

It’s the Airing of the Quilts in Braidwood and the church is decked out in quilts. It feels very warm and welcoming - just like a church should be!

Faith and fear both demand you believe in something you cannot see. You choose.

The calendar may say it’s not summer yet. But my ice-cream is telling me differently. It started to melt before I’d even finished serving it. High of 35 Celsius today and it’s still 28 C at 8pm.

Cooling down by Araluen Creek