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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...
Apr 9, 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...
Mar 3, 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...
Feb 2, 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 29, 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 27, 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...
Jan 1, 20211 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 21, 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...
Dec 15, 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 30, 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 28, 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...
Nov 19, 20201 min read


Doubt
Reading 'Phosphorescence' by Julia Baird I recently listened to a book called Phosphorescence, by Julia Baird, “on awe, wonder & things...
Oct 15, 20202 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...
Sep 28, 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 31, 20201 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...
Aug 28, 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 30, 20202 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...
Jul 20, 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...
Jun 29, 20201 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 27, 20202 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...
May 19, 20201 min read