Christmas Missive 2023There is a temptation to live in anticipation of the future: ‘When the kids are older’, ‘When the house is built’, ‘When I’m not sick’…Dec 18, 2023Dec 18, 2023
To the men who’ve marked me for goodSitting in a muggy church lobby in Thailand, watching a local street vendor rolling pork skewers on his grill has got me thinking about the…Jul 19, 2023Jul 19, 2023
Christmas Missive 2022The Victorian government is busy with an infrastructure overhaul called the Big Build; a massive upgrade of the state’s transport network…Dec 21, 2022Dec 21, 2022
Curran Christmas Missive 2021I think its fair to say 2021 will go down in our family annals as the most intense year on the books. I write to you from rural Victoria…Dec 24, 2021Dec 24, 2021
100 Days in AustraliaWe’ve just passed our 100th day of living Down Under, not including 14 long days spent in COVID-19 quarantine on arrival.Aug 5, 2021Aug 5, 2021
I don’t want to move on after reading the RZIM reportIt has been many months since the RZIM report on Ravi Zacharias’ lurid activities was released and I’m not ready to move on.Aug 2, 2021Aug 2, 2021
Curran Christmas Missive 20202020 was, to say the least, unexpected. Very little of what we had planned came to pass, and yet looking back it has been a full year for…Dec 23, 2020Dec 23, 2020
Exercising in your garden during the lockdown doesn’t have to suckHave you been running around your garden in circles for 7 days? Or maybe you’ve had a half-hearted attempt at a couple of lunges on you…Apr 2, 20201Apr 2, 20201
It’s not me, it’s you… always you.Mass victim hood might be the phenomena our generation is remembered for.Feb 21, 2020Feb 21, 2020
Curran Christmas Missive 2019To borrow a high school rowing analogy. In a rowing race, over anything longer than 500m, the race is made up of a brief beginning, long…Dec 18, 2019Dec 18, 2019
Did you forget to open a gift this Christmas?I have been dwelling on the good gifts passage in Matthew for the last few days. Now that I am the dad giving my kids good gifts its given…Jan 11, 2019Jan 11, 2019
Curran Christmas Missive 2018Going through last years letter prior to writing this update, its fun to see how much of the anticipated change has played out. Yet the…Dec 29, 2018Dec 29, 2018
Are we missing the mark with our awkward attempts to glorify God when we communicate success?My work within the church sphere means that I am exposed to a lot of updates from churches and the people who lead, work or volunteer…Oct 18, 2018Oct 18, 2018
It‘s worth ignoring everything you know sometimesSome time back I stumbled on an excerpt from a book called ‘Living with a Navy Seal’ by Jesse Itzler. Story goes, Jesse gave an ex Navy…Jun 25, 2018Jun 25, 2018
A toddler, God and Grace.I had a moment of clarity around me and God this week.Jun 19, 2018Jun 19, 2018
Tuesday Trails, doing it old school.“Smmmrmmrrss is taking Old School tonight”. He points across the gloomy forest parking lot at someone who is blocked by the bandaner’ed…May 24, 2018May 24, 2018
When you’re feeling old and then this happensA week of winter flu, parenting and a tour de‘ Park of Cape Town had taken its toll.May 5, 2018May 5, 2018
Awkward thoughts: The intersection of poverty and professionalisationI’m trying to write more. Awkward thoughts is a series of articles that hope to provoke your head, by an examination of my own heart (not a…Apr 24, 2018Apr 24, 2018
Winnie MandelaIt is an indictment on our education system that I don’t know more about Winnie Mandela. Growing up in South Africa my exposure to her has…Apr 4, 20181Apr 4, 20181
Curran Christmas Missive 2017I started out looking for an appropriate quote on change, because really, this year has been about adjustment. In November I was sitting on…Dec 8, 2017Dec 8, 2017
