Dear Friends, At Wesley Mission our advocacy work comes from our values, in this case having Sharp Minds that truly understand what is making life hard for people, and Soft Hearts that compassionately empathise with individuals harmed by systemic injustice. We’re actively engaging our Sharp Minds...

This past year I (re)discovered the beauty and power of well written biography, autobiography and memoir. It began with Philip Yancey’s ‘Where the Light Fell’, a bracing and refreshingly unsentimental articulation of especially the childhood of one of my favourite Christian authors. Then it was the...

This coming New Year’s Eve Sue and I will celebrate our 35th wedding anniversary. It’s our Coral Anniversary apparently, which makes buying an appropriate gift a bit tricky. New Year’s Eve is a strange day to get married (friends had pinched the Saturday a few weeks before to tie the…

Maggie and Mark (not their real names, but real people) have been foster carers with Wesley Mission since 2013. Earlier this year, Mark died suddenly. At the invitation of her fabulous case workers, Morgan and Jess, and their team leader, Thomas, I had the privilege of reaching out to a…

The ancient Greeks had two words for time, ‘Chronos’ and ‘Kairos’. Chronos describes elapsed time, the ticking over second by second from one day into the next. Kairos is the right, critical or opportune moment in time – a decisive moment, an interruption in Chronos time. 10pm on the 15th…

Get to know Wesley Mission’s new CEO.

Can you remember anything about your first days at school? Your first classroom or teacher? At best I remember bits and pieces, snatches of moments from my first weeks at Camperdown Primary School in Western Victoria. Like standing on the asphalt for morning assembly and singing, ‘God Save our...

Pretty much every day, I’m reminded what a privilege it is to serve in my role. Last Tuesday was no exception. After a short light rail journey to the edge of the CBD, I joined some of my Wesley Mission Lifeline Sydney and Sutherland colleagues, together with key University of…

Sue and I love to travel. It’s our indulgent joy. For more than two decades we’ve especially enjoyed south-east Asia. We love the food, culture, history, beauty and especially the people across the region. Bali only dropped onto our list of places visited recently. We loved it. When we travel,…