Research has shown that families don't want to do life alone. To help this to happen, the Catalyst Village team is hosting a Bonfire...

If you want to see what's happening at Catalyst in the many different areas of our church, one of the BEST ways to do this is via...

Our aim Catalyst Church Ipswich is to support parents in leading their children. A fabulous resource for you to use at home is the app...

At the moment Matt and I are dealing with the serious realisation that we are in our final year of being able to ‘control’ our son. The...

Sometimes we can forget to love on those who are closest to us. This valentines day, what if we made it a day where our kids didn't look...

When you bring a child into the world, you never ever want to outlive them. It is just NOT the way things are meant to go. I have friends...

Just when I think I have my kids worked out, they go and change on me! A new season in their life comes along and I'm just not ready for...

In Part 1 of this post I reflected on the fact that we so often measure our parenting by the standards of others. But that we SHOULDN'T...

Today I googled "What do parents want to know?" An article appeared titled "The 5 Words All Parents Want To Hear". I instinctively knew...

Have you heard the one about the guy stuck in a pit? Someone came along and reached in to pull him out and he said, "I'll be right mate"....

I had to say sorry to my husband the other day. It was so hard but just so necessary. If your family is anything like mine - you all...

As I write this, our family is preparing to head to Sydney to attend the Hillsong Conference for the first time ever. As Matt and I...

Something funny happened at our house the other day which for the life of me I now have no idea what it was (does that happen to you...

Ever had that sick feeling of finding something out about YOUR child from someone else? Something you felt you should totally have known!...

"Do what's right for you!" That's a motto that seems to be all around us in today's modern world. But if you're anything like me, living...

At Catalyst on Sunday we heard a great message from Pastor Carl on how to NOT make dumb decisions. (It's here if you missed it!) Not...

We've just arrived home from a family holiday where we cruised to PNG and had some quality time together after Matt's return from...

Have you ever had one of those moments where your child is quite justifiably miserable and you can do NOTHING for them? I have. It's...

God fearing parents never want to here these words come out of their child's mouth, right? It's downright scary! But I think you would...

The world today loves a party! Every little thing is turned into a party! I was watching gender reveal clips online yesterday and people...