There is a purposeful beauty to our scars. Our scars bear witness to our story. What most of us don’t realise is that scar tissue is stronger than the original skin. A gaping wound is not pretty, but a healed scar means that place is stronger than it ever was before. There is a purposeful beauty in our scars. Our scars bear witness to our story. I grew up in Ipswich, a....
Both my parents had very strict Catholic backgrounds so as a child I knew of Jesus. I was a reluctant attendee of a Presbyterian boarding school during high school but as a teenager I wanted nothing to do with God or religion. I thought religion at best, was a fantasy and at its worst was a tool of control and manipulation. I wasn’t interested. Despite my disdain for Christia....
I started high diving when I was just eight years old. I fell in love with this amazing sport. A dream was birthed in my heart to represent Australia at the Olympics. I trained seven days a week and twice a day on weekends. I was sold out to the dream. In 1977 I had the amazing privilege of representing Australia at the World Diving Championships in Houston, Texas. I was 11 yea....
I am the eldest of 5 children and grew up in a volatile home environment. Mum and Dad did not get along at all. They got married because mum fell pregnant with me and as a result I felt like I was the reason for their unhappiness. Life was chaotic and unstable. From the age of six to eight years a much older boy sexually abused me. This only added to my feelings of shame &hel....
I grew up in a very committed Roman Catholic family in Bolivia. Religion was a big part of our life and our culture but the focus was much more on ritual and expectations than relationship with God. When I was 19 my older brother became a Christian. I had been unwell for many years with a series of chronic illnesses and so he invited me to attend a large evangelistic mee....
