On Second Thought Ezra

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  • It Was Never About the Tent

    It Was Never About the Tent

    Most people try to improve the tent. Bigger. Better. More features. But the problem isn’t usually the object — it’s asking one thing to do everything. Sometimes the better move is to step back and let the system do the work.

  • Pip and Marloo from the Far Forest

    Pip and Marloo from the Far Forest

    When Marloo the goanna arrives in Willow Glen from faraway Bunyip State Forest, the animals of Pip’s forest grow wary of their unfamiliar visitor. But Pip is curious. As he shows Marloo around the woodland and introduces him to his friends, the forest begins to discover that belonging sometimes begins with curiosity rather than fear.

  • Pip and the Two Places He Loved

    Pip and the Two Places He Loved

    Pip the squirrel loves two very different places — one busy, one quiet — and wonders if it’s possible to belong to both. Through summer storms, fireflies, and thoughtful moments, Pip learns that loving more than one home doesn’t divide the heart… it helps it grow.

  • Living the Story — A Life Repeated and Renewed: Part 6

    Living the Story — A Life Repeated and Renewed: Part 6

    Genesis as the Story of Every Human Life: Part 6, the Final Installment A part of the ‘On Second Thought‘ series By: Ezra Nadav Previously in the Series: In Part 1: Conception and Innocence, we stood in the Garden, in that wordless, early knowing of goodness and belonging. Life began not with striving, but with…

  • Blessing and Legacy — Reckoning with the End: Part 5

    Blessing and Legacy — Reckoning with the End: Part 5

    Genesis as the Story of Every Human Life: Part 5 A part of the ‘On Second Thought‘ series By: Ezra Nadav Previously in the Series: In Part 1: Conception and Innocence, we began in Eden — a space of unearned goodness, pure being, and safety. It is a state we all begin in but cannot…

  • Dreams and Detours — The Price of Maturity: Part 4

    Dreams and Detours — The Price of Maturity: Part 4

    Genesis as the Story of Every Human Life: Part 4 A part of the ‘On Second Thought‘ series By: Ezra Nadav Previously in the Series: In Part 1: Conception and Innocence, we explored the beginning of life, both in the world and in ourselves. Eden is a place of trust, safety, and unearned goodness. But it…

  • Covenant and Identity – Becoming a Self: Part 3

    Covenant and Identity – Becoming a Self: Part 3

    Genesis as the Story of Every Human Life: Part 3 A part of the ‘On Second Thought‘ series By: Ezra Nadav Previously in the Series: In Part 1: Conception and Innocence, we began with Eden — a symbol of our earliest beginnings, when we live in unconscious trust, gifted goodness, and untested belonging. It is…

  • Knowledge and Estrangement – The Loss of Innocence: Part 2

    Knowledge and Estrangement – The Loss of Innocence: Part 2

    Genesis as the Story of Every Human Life: Part 2 A part of the ‘On Second Thought‘ series By: Ezra Nadav Previously in the Series:In Part 1, Conception and Innocence, we explored the Edenic beginnings of human life — a time of unearned goodness, unconscious trust, and belonging without condition. But innocence, however beautiful, is…

  • Genesis as the Story of Every Human Life: Part 1

    Genesis as the Story of Every Human Life: Part 1

    Part 1: In the Beginning: Conception and Innocence A part of the ‘On Second Thought‘ series By: Ezra Nadav Genesis Is Our Story Too: A New Series on Growth, Loss, and Becoming. What if Genesis wasn’t just a story about the world’s beginning, but about your beginning too? What if its pages didn’t just tell…