Author: Miriam E. Miles
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Keeping the Faith in Unsafe Places
As a 21st Century Christian living in a country that prioritises religious freedom, it’s a common understanding that community is paramount to growth;
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Is it Time to Turn the Tables on Corporate Worship?
What would happen if instead of coming to church to get ‘fuelled up’, we brought our offering of praise and thanksgiving – the result of daily personal communion with God – into the House of God?
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He’s in the little things…
It’s common to believe and agree that God speaks to people through the use of words; the Bible is the classic example of this with many accounts confirming that he does. But he also speaks in many other ways, and if we’re listening, not with our ears, but our hearts, we just might hear so…
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Poetically Speaking: David Tensen
Today’s Poetically Speaking: voices of the 21st century interview is with the insightful David Tensen. We discuss the power of poetry in the 21st century, how poetry is an offering, putting our words onto the table for others to experience and the privilege to be able to write poetry.
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Poetically Speaking: Elizabeth Snow
Elizabeth Snow, a South Australian poet, writes from the heart, expressing her view of the world through free form poetry. She shares about coming back to writing, learning new skills and about the importance of never letting your voice be silenced.
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Tomato
It’s sitting on my desk to the left of me and to the right of the second keyboard used for the Mac.
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Poetically Speaking: Helen Brown
We interviewed Helen Brown, author of Whispers from on High, who overcame obstacles to achieve her life-long dream of being a writer. Read more about Helen on Poetically Speaking.
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Light Bearers
We are the Light Bearers, we carry firelight in our bones, our sinews resonate with its pulse, our blood dances to its beat.
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Chaos is everywhere – why anxiety should take a back seat.
I find myself very teary this week. There are so many issues right now stirring me up and not one of them is less important than another.
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Maturing in Christ comes at a cost
When the voice of God speaks it is to say a thing so necessary that all other things said around it fall away. We are quick to take every lovely thought and turn it into God’s words, and whilst they most likely are, they are not automatically his pointed speech toward our lives and direction…
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Grit
Never before have I felt the pull so strong, to put pen to paper, declare I belong on the page. The written stage –
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Be Imperfect
There’s a reason we’re all still here – why we don’t get swept up to heaven the second we become Christians. It’s because we still need each other. We grow when we connect, tune in, and love on each other. We expand our humanity when we open up, become vulnerable to trusted family and friends,…
Miriam E. Miles 