Emma McGeorge
Press Service International
Emma is an Italian-South African with a New Zealand passport and an international heart. She spent years training student choirs and co-running a puppeteering business, before working for a humanitarian organisation in New Zealand (7 years) and Papua New Guinea (3 years). Currently a nomad living between various countries and towns, Emma's deep joy is in writing, music, cooking up an Italian storm, and taking time to listen to people’s stories.
Read Emma's creative expressions at http://www.girlkaleidoscope.wordpress.com or https://pngponderings.wordpress.com/2016/09/02/finding-the-beauty/
Emma’s previous articles may be viewed at www.pressserviceinternational.org/emma-mcgeorge.html
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On ghosts and hope and cups of tea
“I died that day.”
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Post-2020 disorder: Surviving the demise of our sanity
The layered experiences of Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) were heavy for me.
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The words and what they said
They told her she was worthless.
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We, the spoilt children of the world?
New Zealand is a country of unique privilege.
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Kindness, and why it’s the latest trend
In this global pandemic, public addresses by international leaders is now commonplace.
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Don’t just check your privilege; channel it.
Back in 2018, I wrote an article, “Of Witches and Whales”, observing the strange yet incredible efforts of the humpback whales, who help, rescue, or even get into good ol’ fisticuffs to defend, any animal they come across that is being hurt or attacked.
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Assumptions and other crimes
I think I’ll stay home this evening she said
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On our way back to the future again
As I write this, New Zealand has just shifted from Level 3 down to Level 2, in our 4-Level Alert Plan for combating Covid-19.
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Attrition to addition: How churches and missions are destroying their greatest assets, and how they can swing the tide
It’s no secret that people are the strongest advantage of any venture or establishment.
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The gospel of the fig leaf
Once upon a time, two people realised they were naked.