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The Cat Who Chose Me
by Ezra Nadav Diego was never supposed to be my cat. When I moved to Berwick in October 2021, he belonged to the neighbours across the street. I didn’t know that at first. He didn’t wear a collar, and he certainly didn’t behave as though he belonged anywhere else. He simply started appearing. Then he…
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Looking for Work Has Never Been Easy — and It’s Never Been Harder
by Alex Sturman, PCC Looking for work has always carried a certain emotional weight. Even under the best circumstances, there is something exposing about it. You take years of experience, mistakes, growth, leadership, conflict, resilience, skill — all the complicated parts of being an actual human being — and compress them into a few pages…
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It Was Never About the Tent
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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.
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Pip and the Two Places He Loved
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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…
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Blessing and Legacy — Reckoning with the End: Part 5
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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…
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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…
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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…
On Second Thought Ezra 