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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


Like to sew?
Anyone can be involved in the work here! We have workers who work remotely (such as IT support and finance) and those who help in the...
Nov 5, 20221 min read


When is t̶h̶e̶ ̶w̶a̶s̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 'done'?
Have you ever put the washing on and thought, "Great, I can tick that off the list." Then you realise you still need to hang it all out,...
Nov 3, 20223 min read


What does the 2021 census show?
Acknowledging that the census isn't perfect*, it has some interesting results. According to the 2021 census: 76,978 Indigenous...
Nov 1, 20221 min read


The importance of emphasis
When stress changes meaning My colleague wrote a short article about how important correct emphasis is in audio recordings of the Bible,...
Oct 19, 20221 min read


Gathering a team
We had our team* conference at the end of August. It was great to spend time together, as we are usually spread around Australia. We...
Sep 15, 20221 min read


Online event
Wycliffe US is putting on an online event interviewing me and my colleague Rachel about trusting God through the unexpected. It's called...
Jul 21, 20221 min read


Xplore22
A camp for young adults wanting to explore missions We recently ran a weekend camp for young adults, in conjunction with several other...
Jul 14, 20221 min read


When 'go' means 'come' and 'keep' means 'give'
The other day at lunchtime we were talking about words (a fairly common occurrence) and my colleague told us that "go" in Yolngu Matha...
Jun 6, 20222 min read


The first Liyagawumirr Scripture, and a bit more Rembarrnga
Liyagawumirr is a Yolngu language from north-east Arnhem Land which is closely related to Djambarrpuyngu. Djambarrpuyngu is the most...
May 30, 20221 min read


Do we really need another English Bible?
My colleague made a short animation to explain the Plain English Version. Please pray that those who would find the PEV helpful will find...
May 25, 20221 min read


Only Jesus can take us to God
Translating verses into Mawng Some of the Mawng Bible translators had a spare weekend in Darwin recently so they asked if they could work...
May 11, 20221 min read


What will the translation graduates do now?
Watch the video below to hear about the Bible translation Diploma course at Nungalinya College. One of the Mawng translators, Sandra, was...
May 3, 20221 min read


Australian Bibles App
My colleague has made an app for both Android and Apple devices with all the Scripture that's available in Aboriginal and Torres Strait...
Apr 6, 20221 min read