Jocelyn Loane

You are enough, and other lies we like to swallow

June 25, 2020June 25, 2020 by Jocelyn Loane

I don’t know about you, but the recent months of school at home exposed some pretty ugly cracks in the façade I’d created for myself of being a good mother. It’s much easier, it turns out, to parent your children when they aren’t in the…

Christian Living

My Coronavirus Meltdown Moment

March 23, 2020March 23, 2020 by Jocelyn Loane

Have you had a Coronavirus meltdown yet? Today I had an ugly cry in Coles. I am feeling pretty embarrassed about it. As I jostled my way through the crowds and past empty shelf after empty shelf, I felt myself growing increasingly anxious. We have…

Christian Living

‘Tis The Season to Be Jolly, So What If I’m Feeling Sad?

December 19, 2019December 19, 2019 by Jocelyn Loane

The song playing in Target will tell you “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”, but you might feel like screeching back “For who?” A light up display on Santa’s belly in Kmart will tell you how many sleeps are left, but to you it…

Ministry

Faithfulness or fruitfulness: when your ministry isn’t a success

September 18, 2019September 18, 2019 by Jocelyn Loane

I’m in a Bible study group of women who are preparing to enter full time ministry alongside their husbands. The other day one of them shared genuinely and openly one of her fears about entering ministry. “I just don’t want us to be in a ministry…

Christian Living

Living in the present when you’re waiting for the end

June 2, 2019June 2, 2019 by Jocelyn Loane

Recently, while driving back home at the end of a beach holiday, our eight-year-old sighed deeply in the back seat and said, “I can’t wait until I’m retired”. My husband and I burst out laughing and asked him why he was in such a desperate…

Christian Living Ministry

The big problem in Christian marriages

March 5, 2019March 3, 2019 by Jocelyn Loane

Recently my husband Ed and I read a number of secular books on marriage in preparation for a seminar we were to give together. There were plenty of gold nuggets of advice in them and some revealing insights into what makes us tick in marriage. I learnt…

Christian Living Evangelism Ministry Youth & Kids

Considering Christ with your children at Christmas: An advent Top 5

November 20, 2018November 20, 2018 by Jocelyn Loane

It’s not like Christmas sneaks up on you. I think my first mince pie sighting this year was in early October. By November I find I can’t resist the urge to buy more gift tags at every single check out display, in case we are gripped by a nation-wide…