Showing Up

Dear Inner Circle, The most basic form of love is attention—and the task of attending to someone has become something of a radical act these

Dear Inner Circle, In the late 90s, as a response to the escalating heroin crisis and the high number of overdose deaths, Wayside Chapel opened

Dear Inner Circle, We are soon entering the season of Advent, a time of expectation traditionally marked by the lighting of candles. There is an

Dear Inner Circle, Dare I say it? There’s only 34 days until Christmas. As the years go by, time really isn’t constant, it rolls downhill

Dear Inner Circle, Many years ago, Lisa and I ran our home as a drop-in centre, and two eager young mates would regularly stop by

Dear Inner Circle, Walking to the train this week I heard some shouting and realised the Melbourne Cup race was on, so I hastily ducked

Dear Inner Circle, Most of you will know that the King was in town last week, what you won’t know is that the King also

Dear Inner Circle, What do a group of Bundjalung Elders, Bondi Beach, the Russian Mafia, cheap schnitzels and a dingo have a common? The answer

Dear Inner Circle, Those opening three words call us back to what matters, speaking to the intimacy that is shared between us. It’s lovely to

Dear Inner Circle, Wayside’s strength comes from our ability to remain in proximity to the pain of this world, resisting the urge to fill that