Something eternal finds a voice as Christmas tunes ring out across the city

Something eternal finds a voice as Christmas tunes ring out across the city

A choir singing Christmas hymns took the breath away and filled the eyes with trembling tears that could not be shed.

  • byMelissa Coburn

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Friends and faith help,whether we’re in the basement or the penthouse
Opinion
Religion

Friends and faith help,whether we’re in the basement or the penthouse

Hard times – though unasked for,destabilising and concerning – have the capacity to sculpt the soul,filling it with new understanding and compassion.

  • byMelissa Coburn
Intimate and in my face:The commuter conversation that made my toes curl

Intimate and in my face:The commuter conversation that made my toes curl

Public transport seems to have become a mobile office where people have no qualms making lengthy business and personal calls.

  • byMelissa Coburn
Unseasonably warm autumn days offer a kiss of hope
Opinion
Religion

Unseasonably warm autumn days offer a kiss of hope

Accepting the fading of autumn becomes harder as we grow older.

  • byMelissa Coburn
My friend shocked me when she mentioned the ‘r’ word
Opinion
Ageing

My friend shocked me when she mentioned the ‘r’ word

One of my peers has started talking about retirement and becoming a grandparent. Are we really on that page already?

  • byMelissa Coburn
A love letter to a lost era demonstrates that we cannot outrun time
Opinion
Religion

A love letter to a lost era demonstrates that we cannot outrun time

I could scarcely imagine Flinders Street Station,so practical in its daily function,housing something as whimsical as a ballroom and yet,there I was.

  • byMelissa Coburn
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We’re all on different paths,but travelling in the same direction

We’re all on different paths,but travelling in the same direction

We have more in common with the creatures of the natural world than we sometimes acknowledge. Yet here we are,not the fastest or strongest or largest,placed in a custodial role over all creatures.

  • byMelissa Coburn
Mass a tonic and a test for the Catholic faithful

Mass a tonic and a test for the Catholic faithful

Catholic culture was once one of big families. Now it’s the elders who hold up that community.

  • byMelissa Coburn
When we need a lift,the kindness of strangers always inspires
Opinion
Friendship

When we need a lift,the kindness of strangers always inspires

Random acts of kindness in the real world are an antidote to the hate and bile we often see online.

  • byMelissa Coburn
Bucket list? Best take a tip from King Tut
Opinion
Death

Bucket list? Best take a tip from King Tut

Compiling a bucket list is fraught with challenges. Should they be travel goals? Personal development goals? Money goals? Relationship goals?

  • byMelissa Coburn
Once I’m COVID-free,I’m going to seize the day

Once I’m COVID-free,I’m going to seize the day

The 1920s ‘roared’ as the world shook off the woes of war and a pandemic. Can we have our own roaring 20’s?

  • byMelissa Coburn