CULTIVATING KINDNESS In October this year, I chose kindness. There were other options. I could have gone with joy, or faith, or love, or happy. No, that isn’t a typo or an errant autocorrect. I don’t mean happiness. The exact word was happy. I wasn’t deciding what emotion to feel, but which to buy. The …
Author Archives: Natalie Bock
Devotional | Framed
Next to my writing desk is a filing cabinet. It’s nothing interesting – a plain, matte grey industrial-looking piece of functional furniture. If I twist my neck at just the right angle, I can sometimes make out a slight shimmer that I’m sure is completely unintentional for such a utilitarian object. But I do love …
Devotional | Resting In God
It’s five in the morning and I’m sitting at my study desk. I’ve woken early and decided not to waste my time lying in bed, despite the temptation of snuggling under a warm doona for another hour until my alarm plays the melody that signals the beginning of my generally frenetic morning routine. Despite my …
Devotional | Anticipating Easter
Anticipating Easter As we race towards Easter, and the shops fill with decorations in the pretty pastel tones of a Northern Hemisphere spring, and chocolate chickens, bunnies, bilbies and eggs appear in astonishing quantities, I am reminded again why I love this time of year. It has nothing to do with the Easter Egg hunts …