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Apr 9, 20211 min read
PEV on YouVersion
The PEV (Plain English Version) is now available on the YouVersion Bible app! This means people with iPhones who can't get our PEV...
Mar 3, 20211 min read
A new director
On Tuesday 16th Feb we had a service to welcome Phil Townsend as the new director of our organisation (which covers Indigenous Australia...
Feb 2, 20211 min read
Aboriginal sign languages
I've always thought it would be useful if everyone 'spoke' a sign language. We could communicate when it's noisy, or when someone's far...
Jan 29, 20211 min read
A new worker!
Help with the Plain English Version I'm very excited to announce that another Wycliffe member will be joining the Plain English Version...
Jan 27, 20211 min read
Australia Day... What do remote Indigenous Australians think?
A number of people have asked me what Aboriginal people in the Top End think about Australia Day. Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr Baumann, the...
Jan 2, 20211 min read
"It really does speak their language"
The impact of the PEV I've been encouraged recently by numerous stories of the PEV Bible really speaking to Aboriginal people around...
Dec 22, 20201 min read
The Christmas story in multiple Indigenous languages
One of my colleagues is trying to get Luke 2:6-12 translated into as many Indigenous Australian languages as possible, hopefully by next...
Dec 15, 20201 min read
What does 'nephew' mean?
Did you know that in English 'nephew' used to mean 'grandson'? Language can be so confusing! (I found this out when I was reading a book...
Nov 30, 20201 min read
An update, article and video
The Plain English Version Mini-Bible consultant check is finished! The final consultant check for the Plain English Version (PEV)...
Nov 28, 20201 min read
When students become teachers
Celebrating NAIDOC week In reality, I am constantly learning from the students at Nungalinya College – the Indigenous Bible college where...
Nov 19, 20201 min read
What comes after the PEV publication?
A few people have asked what my plans are after the PEV Mini-Bible is (finally) published. I haven't really spoken about it because I...
Oct 15, 20202 min read
Doubt
Reading 'Phosphorescence' by Julia Baird I recently listened to a book called Phosphorescence, by Julia Baird, “on awe, wonder & things...
Sep 28, 20201 min read
Getting closer to a Plain English Version publication
It feels like we've been close to publishing a Mini-Bible in the Plain English Version (PEV) for a long time! (It's designed for...
Aug 31, 20201 min read
Kriol recording workshop
Making audio recordings of the Old Testament For most of August there has been a workshop run out of our office to record parts of the...
Aug 28, 20202 min read
Nungalinya College
Classes are back & so is chapel Nungalinya is a training college for Indigenous Christians that offers a range of courses including...
Jul 30, 20202 min read
PEV progress
Making progress Working from home and not making trips to communities has allowed me to focus on the Plain English Version (PEV)...
Jul 20, 20201 min read
In my blood it runs
https://inmyblooditruns.com/ I recently watched the film In my blood it runs. It's a documentary about a 10 year old Aboriginal boy in...
Jun 29, 20201 min read
Help give Indigenous Australians access to the Bible
If you know anyone who might be interested in working in the Northern Territory (or East Timor for that matter), we would love more...
May 27, 20202 min read
The Plain English Version
Some encouragement As I sit at a computer each day, it's easy to worry that even when the Plain English Version mini-Bible gets...
May 19, 20201 min read
More than a year
It's now more than a year since I moved to Darwin, not really knowing what to expect. After a year, I continue to love the work, and the...