Creation Spirituality
By Steve Doepel "If you look at the disasters happening on our planet, it's because the cosmos is not understood as sacred... a way out of our difficulty is a journey into the universe as sacred." These are the words of Professor Brian Swimme, a trained mathematician,...
Moruya Microforest Project
Our Trust contributed significant financial support to the Moruya Microforest Project, and we are delighted to see that it is now flourishing in the grounds of St. John's Common, Moruya. To find out more about this and other Microforest Projects across NSW and the...
Ian McFarlane / Wintersong: New and selected verse
Poet Ian Mcfarlane’s latest book, Wintersong: New and selected verse, published by ginninderrapress.com.au is now available. It includes an introduction by award-winning poet, Dr Tim Metcalf, and explores cultural, political and environmental themes. Ian McFarlane...
Was the Uluru Statement of the Heart a prophetic vision for Australia?
‘Prophets nurture and evoke a new way of thinking. They give us images and words which subvert our system and tell us that we haven’t seen the whole picture yet. Prophets are not just concerned about social change for the sake of social change. They are concerned...
My Reflections on the Power of Love
In reflecting recently on the gifts that have been provided to me on having reached older age, I am grateful for having had the opportunity to be able to appreciate our wonderful natural world, so many valued good friends, and the joy of seeing our children and their...
Encouragement Grant awarded for 2023
Our charity, Elm Grove Sanctuary Trust, is pleased to announce that our Encouragement Grant for 2023 has been awarded to Elka Wood of Bega and her project ‘Celebration Days for Girls’. Elka has two children and in watching them grow she recalls her own childhood and...
Book launch video
Here is a Youtube link to our Book launch of the Elm Grove Story. When: 26 November 2022 Where: St John's Anglican Church Hall – Moruya Launched by: Anglican Bishop George Browning and his wife Margaret.
A Myth Revisited
This poem was written in 1987 by Bruce Munro at Elm Grove Sanctuary, four years after it was founded by Edwin & Laurel Lloyd-Jones. __________________________________________ ...ahh...'twas like a dream shrouded in the mists of time where earth mother smiles. I...
Living Dangerously
Ian McFarlane - winter, 2012 _____________________ (For the compassionate wisdom of Laurel Lloyd-Jones) To beat back intolerance, in a time and place that is - and equally - is not amenable, is to risk suspension between what we know of form, and what we...
With Gratitude
(This poem was written in 1987 by a guest to Elm Grove by a man called Jim who came to camp beside the river. From memory he was Canadian and he loved jazz but sadly we don't have his surname recorded.) _________________________________________________ deep pool...