A father-son story of service and connection in the Bay Area On my annual trip back to the U.S., I spent an afternoon serving the San Francisco Bay Area–based non-profit Mobilize Love by photographing the inside and outside of their trucks. Mobilize Love exists to “show up and give hope” by deploying a fleet of mobile outreach […]
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August 4, 2025
Project Resilient
In the western regions of Tokyo, almost an hour’s train ride from the organised chaos of the Shibuya Scramble is the neighbourhood of Higashimurayama. Life moves at a bit slower pace, but it’s still urban enough that the train lines extend this far west. I emerged from the station to meet my hosts, absorbed in […]
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May 4, 2023
In 2020 the Covid-19 pandemic stopped the world in its tracks.
Melbourne experienced two separate lockdowns. The second was described as the strictest and longest in the developed world. It began in July 9 and was to last only six weeks. In the end the movement of Melbournians was severely restricted for 112 consecutive days. It had extended into a 15 week lockdown during which a "ring of steel" was created by law enforcement around the metropolitan area. Those living inside could not travel past 5 km of their home. They could only leave once a day for a short list of approved reasons. Extended family and friend gatherings were completely banned. The closure of schools, businesses, parks, places of worship and all that make us a society forced many to find new ways to connect and live.
These are the stories of resilience from Melbournian teens and their experience during this "unprecedented" time and how they are emerging more resilient than ever before.
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“Faith, Family, Fellowship” **An shorter version of this post is featured in Baptist Mission Australia’s online magazine which can be seen here on pages 11-14.** I arrived in Chiang Mai on a hot, humid summer day in August. Muana, an inter-cultural worker based in Northern Thailand, picked me up from the airport in his silver […]
