When I was 32 years of age, a single mum with 3 small daughters, having escaped a difficult marriage that was threatening to become violent, I was working in a govt position and attending church regularly. One day a woman at the church came up to me and told me I should be ashamed of myself - throwing my marriage away. Turned out she'd been praying Continue Reading

Some years later, I was working in a wonderful position, with a Christian boss. I'd had more children and they were growing up and I'd returned to work to help pay the bills. I was going through great growth at that time, learning much from my discussions with my boss, and I'd even joined his church. The children and I went to his family's place Continue Reading

I had a beautiful son who stayed with us for six months. One night, I went to see why he hadn't woken for his meal. My son had died. I was later to find out it was cot death. I couldn't understand why it happened - he was my first child, what had I done wrong? Those questions were answered some years later, but the point to my story at this time is Continue Reading

There was the time when I was working in a bank in South Australia, young, only around 19 years of age. I loved to wander the main street of the city at lunchtimes and it was during this time that a group called 'Eckenkar Travellers' had set up a tent, to invite in prospective new members. I had begun to visit them, discussing with them my beliefs Continue Reading