By Natalia Hatton | Blog
Where is our safe place in the midst of this chaotic world? For those of you also in Auckland it’s been fourteen weeks and counting in lockdown where life does not look the same. There is a sense of loss, sadness, anger, frustration, disappointment, concern, struggle, loneliness and the list goes on as you listen […]
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This day seventeen years ago the declaration for our desire to have children softly sounded in the ensuite bathroom as the birth control tray dropped from my hand and bounced at the bottom of the rubbish bin. It was a subtle sound, a small action in one sense and yet the very swirling in my […]
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My wonderful man and I went to a gig on Saturday night and as we arrived I knew already that there would be an encore. I don’t know why it bugs me so much, but it does. We all know the full set has been decided on and will be completed, that two to three […]
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Most in life, myself included, pursue happiness. There was even the movie with the cute kid in it and the dad who had an uphill battle to better their life. Showing that happiness is not fluffy and easy. But with Easter my thoughts went to our Holy God…and His desire for us to to be […]
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We embark on a fresh new year, a time where our hearts are usually full of hope. Where our minds are making lists of how the year could look and what action we need to take to help that be. And yet in so many directions we turn there is talk of fear, loss, unknowns. […]
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It would be so easy to be swallowed up in despair right now as we hear the news of the continued unprecedented times with more countries in lockdown, more deaths, more stranded from home, more jobs lost and people grappling to know how to make ends meet and live creatively in the times that are. […]
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I don’t know about you, but growing up those subtle and not so subtle words and actions, ads and experiences that make you think perfection is required. You feel like if you are going to fail at something you shouldn’t even try it. If you might be embarrassed in front of others you shouldn’t give […]
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Today I’d just finished sweating it out at my Thursday morning 9 Rounds class and was chatting to one of the lovely instructors who’d patiently, encouragingly, without judgment got me to try jumping on this large box as part of the routine. I failed, but I’d tried over and over again and that was the […]
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At five this morning I woke, knowing that the hope I had was once again dashed for this very moment in time. But as I thought on things I know my God is not only for me, but has got me so securely in His tender, purposeful hand. I am grateful for His fingerprints that […]
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This week at the bible study we have poured over Ruth and what amazed me was the attention to detail that was seen as the names and meanings were looked at. We see that Elimilek’s name meant ‘my God is King’ and the roots of his life were grounded in God, so that makes sense. […]
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