For August edition of Together Magazine Emily shares how even if we haven’t fully pulled the log out of our own eye, in forming our children well we can provide steps and strategies to form ourselves better in the process.
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Butker, Bias & Leaning Into Your Vocation
Emily shares her thoughts on the Butker speech and how the world has lied to us as to focussing on our selfish ideals, rather than focussing on God’s will for our life and following our vocation.
Stay Malleable: The Potter is Still Forming Us
In Emily’s latest article in the Together Paper, she addresses how being perfected in the virtues is no easy task, but through desire for adult formation and openness to malleability, we can allow God to work in us, to go from merely ‘good’ to ‘perfection’.
Purity – What It Is, What It Isn’t and Why You Should Care
Emily Shaw writes how this months virtue, purity, encompasses far more than just chastity and sexual morality, but the orientation and motives of our heart in all facets of life.
Humble Pie is Infinitely Delicious – Together Paper
Emily Shaw’s latest article in the Together Paper is a beautiful work expressing humility in it’s true form, and an inspiring read as we
manage the final week of March virtue challenge.
Walking the Humble Highwire
Emily addresses the issue of ‘tall poppy syndrome’ in Australia and New Zealand culture and how that may reflect the pride of the one’s criticising.
It’s Back & More Challenging Than Ever!
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that virtuous living is not for the faint of heart. Trying to
navigate living in the world, without being too corrupted by it, is wearying.” VIRTUE CHALLENGE is back!
Joy, suffering and ‘Little James’? – Together Paper
This month, Emily explains to experience true joy does
not mean suffering and crosses are removed, but
co-exist in ones life to bear stronger witness to the
Christian life.
Referencing some of the greatest saints, and the very
popular TV series ‘The Chosen’, this is an article
brimming with insight and thought.
Bandit, Brumm, and the Emotionally Available Dad
Emily Shaw shares how the famous children’s television show ‘Bluey’ teaches us about fatherhood, and the necessity for men and fathers to be emotionally available to those they love.
Together Magazine – Sept Edition
We have a page published in the Together Magazine at the start of each month. You can always read if via the Wagga Wagga Diocese website being released at the start of each month, or catch up on here on the blog section of our website at the end of the month.