I am a minister of the Uniting Church in Australia, currently in placement as chaplain to the University of New England (UNE) in Armidale, NSW, Australia. I have a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from the University of Sydney, a Graduate Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics from Queensland Institute (now University) of Technology and a Bachelor of Divinity and Theol M Qual from Melbourne College of Divinity. I did my theological study at the United Faculty of Theology in Melbourne, a joint venture between

You can find out more about what I do as chaplain by visiting the Uniting Church chaplaincy website.

Chaplaincy is my full time job, but I am also enrolled part time in a PhD program in Studies in Religion, also at UNE. My thesis is looking at the parables of the Reign (Kingdom) of God that appear in the Gospel of Thomas and comparing them with their parallels in the Synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke). I am interested in what we can learn from them about the Thomas community. You can find out more about all this from my research website.

I also like to cook, sew, read (mainly fantasy fiction and theology although I’m also quite fond of Phryne Fisher, Maisie Hobbs and the No 1 Women’s Detective Agency), walk (but not alone) and watch movies and discuss them. I’m interested in peace, social justice, ecotheology, feminist theology and multifaith dialogue. I’ve been married for over 20 years and am the mother of a teenager and a twenty-one-year-old, both living at home with us. The younger one is in her final year at high school and the older one begins his first job with his computer science degree next week.

The photo on this blog is of the Macintyre River at Kwiambal National Park and was taken by my husband, Bruce. It’s actually several photos stitched together.