Announcements of April

A look back on April… My dear friend Sarah Howe O’Brien was the feature poet for April’s Poetry on the Coast event. She has a published book titled, ‘Is God enough?’ And she shared excerpts from that. It was pretty special to open such a spiritual conversation at a...

Reflecting & Memorising

Per usual, the year is zooming by, and here I am writing an update on March’s happenings in the life of an Artist in Mission!  I’m happy to say there has been progress on a few of my goals, including having completed filming for a new spoken word video that will...

Community Opportunities

Reflecting on February, it’s been an “event-full” month!  I kick-started a new venture, Poetry on the Coast. The idea was to mimic what I’d enjoyed in Wellington City at Poetry in Motion where they have an open mic followed by a feature poet. I had no real...

My 10 Goals for Jan – Jun

Here we are seven months into my dedicated year of being a poet!  I did the natural thing of reflecting at New Years, though for me it felt much more like a mid-year review than the beginning of a New Year, being that I launched into this creative phase in...

Artist-in-Mission

It’s Christmas season! I have loved baking gingerbread cookies, hanging decorations and soaking up carols and Christmas songs. My husband bought me a choccy advent calendar which was such a nostalgic and sweet surprise.  My second Mum, Ibu Jenny, invited me to...

Not Only a Poet

I hope you realise that if you have big dreams, you are able to achieve them! I had a dream of writing a 30-minute presentation, a Letter to the Church, that would have spoken word poetry woven throughout a prophetic message, held together with stories and Scripture,...