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Visiting volunteers
I love having young, enthusiastic, tech savvy volunteers visit. (If you'd like to volunteer a week of your time and learn more about...
Dec 5, 20231 min read


Northern Territory English
Aboriginal English words in the PEV There are some terms that are used so widely by Aboriginal people in the NT, they've made their way...
Nov 28, 20231 min read


Workshop for ministry workers
At the inter-organisation Bible Translation Gathering in February it was obvious that Bible translation in Australia is being slowed by...
Oct 27, 20231 min read


Who uses the PEV?
Here are a few examples of how the PEV is being used. In Bible classes A Foundation Studies teacher at Nungalinya, a Christian training...
Aug 16, 20232 min read


A story from prison
The joy of learning from the Bible Two prison chaplains who ordered some Plain English Version (PEV) resources shared this encouraging...
Aug 2, 20231 min read


PEV Mini-Bibles are available!
After further delays at the docks, the Plain English Version (PEV) Mini-Bibles arrived in Australia, and in our bookshop in Darwin in...
Jul 12, 20232 min read


10,000 PEV Mini-Bibles are in Australia!
Last night (Wed 7th June 2023), I heard that the Plain English Version (PEV) Mini-Bibles* had already arrived in Australia and will be...
Jun 8, 20232 min read


Reconciliation Week
Did you know that Reconciliation Week goes from 27 May to 3 June every year, regardless of what days of the week they fall on? (I...
Jun 3, 20231 min read


PEV Mini-Bible Dedication!
We got to hold an actual PEV Mini-Bible! On Friday 28th April, Hilton Edwards, the CEO of Bible League AU/NZ, flew to Darwin with 5...
May 5, 20233 min read


We got to hold an actual PEV Mini-Bible!
On Friday 28th April, Hilton Edwards, the CEO of Bible League AU/NZ, flew to Darwin with 5 copies of the Plain English Version...
May 5, 20232 min read


It's more clear!
Recently, an Aboriginal teacher at Nungalinya College shared at morning chapel* on a passage from Luke. He read the passage from the...
Apr 12, 20231 min read


More audio recording
Bible Society's recordist, Peter, was in Darwin recently for a Kriol recording workshop and was able to fit in some more PEV recording...
Mar 30, 20231 min read


Office staff
Late last year we hired two Aboriginal ladies to help in the bookshop and office 4 hours a week each. Miriam (a Garrwa speaker) and...
Mar 27, 20231 min read


More PEV translation
I've been excited to get back into more regular Plain English Version (PEV) translation work lately. It has mainly been made possible by...
Mar 27, 20231 min read


National Gathering for Bible Translation
The week before last we had a National Bible Translation Gathering organised by Bible Society, Coordinate (Uniting Church) and AuSIL*,...
Feb 14, 20231 min read


Why does only ONE Indigenous Australian language have the whole Bible?
This is the question I sought to answer when speaking to young adults at a Wycliffe event in Melbourne recently. When I first found out...
Feb 14, 20231 min read


A new year!
How would you describe the year that's been? I think I would describe my year as "bitsy". It felt like there was always lots happening,...
Jan 25, 20232 min read


The impact of the PEV
I'm always encouraged when I hear of people loving the Plain English Version (PEV), or finding it easy to understand. A friend who works...
Dec 7, 20222 min read


Equality verse equity
What does it mean to treat people equally? What does it mean to discriminate? When people with vastly different cultures live in the same...
Dec 6, 20222 min read


Praying for paper!
We just heard that the printer of the Plain English Version (PEV) Mini-Bibles (what's been translated so far) has had trouble sourcing...
Dec 5, 20221 min read