Safely Raw

We often hear people say that we live in a noisy world, and it's true. There are endless notifications, opinions, conversations and distractions competing for our attention every day. But what if the biggest challenge isn't the noise around us? What if we've simply forgotten how to listen? In this episode of SafelyRAW, Lorraine shares a personal reflection on prayer, presence, and l...

What does it really mean to live well? In a world that celebrates busyness, success, achievement and constantly striving for more, it's easy to assume that's what a meaningful life looks like. But what if we've been measuring our lives by the wrong standard? In this reflective episode of SafelyRAW, Lorraine explores the difference between success and faithfulness, achievement and tr...

Sometimes life stops us in our tracks and reminds us what truly matters. After taking a few weeks away from the microphone following the passing of her dad, Lorraine returns with a deeply personal reflection on time, love, forgiveness, and the moments we often don’t realise are precious until later. When someone we love passes away, we often remember the big moments, the milestones, the celebratio...

Can you trust God and still struggle with fear? It's a question many Christians quietly wrestle with, but don't always talk about openly. In this honest and reflective episode of SafelyRAW, Lorraine explores the tension between faith and fear, particularly during seasons of uncertainty, illness, and unanswered questions. Prompted by recent personal experiences and reflections, Lorraine s...

When life gets difficult, we often pray for healing, answers, or breakthrough. But sometimes… God works in quieter ways than we expect. In this reflective episode of SafelyRAW, Lorraine explores the people who appear in our lives during hard seasons: 👉 the encouragers 👉 the listeners 👉 the friends who stay 👉 the people who show up at exactly the right moment Inspired by conversations during Al...

Why does talking about faith feel so uncomfortable for so many people? Growing up, many of us were taught there were three things you didn’t talk about: 👉 politics 👉 sex 👉 and religion So when it comes to sharing faith, a lot of people immediately feel nervous, unqualified, or afraid of saying the wrong thing. But during Alpha, Lorraine began seeing evangelization differently. Not as: preaching...

At Alpha this week, one question unexpectedly opened up a much deeper conversation: 👉 What is your greatest temptation? While answers like anger, lust, addiction, and greed came up, there was another struggle underneath so many of the responses: 👉 self-doubt. The quiet internal voice that says: you’re not enough you can’t do this you should quit someone else would do it better In this episode, L...

What if I don’t see the gifts of the Holy Spirit in my life? During the Alpha Holy Spirit retreat, a passage from 1 Corinthians 12:4–11 was read, describing the different gifts given by the Spirit. And at first… it can feel overwhelming. Some of those gifts sound so big, so powerful… that it’s easy to wonder: 👉 “Do I even have any of those?” In this episode, Lorraine reflects on that honest react...

What does it actually mean to live for something? Over the ANZAC weekend, we’re reminded of people who were willing to give everything for something they believed in. But beyond remembering the past, this raises a deeper, more personal question: 👉 What are we living for today? In this episode, Lorraine reflects on how easy it is to drift through life, focused on routine, comfort, and simply getti...

Why does talking about God make people uncomfortable? It’s something many of us have noticed, the awkward silence, the quick change of subject… or sometimes even a stronger reaction than expected. In this episode, Lorraine explores what may actually be going on beneath the surface. Is it really about religion… or is it about what the conversation brings up internally? Why do some people lean in wi...

If God is real… why doesn’t He just make it obvious? It’s a question many people have asked, quietly or out loud. In this episode, Lorraine explores the tension between faith and proof, and why belief isn’t built on something being forced or undeniable. Drawing from both scripture and personal experience, she reflects on how God can be visible in our lives, not always in ways that can be proven to...

As we move through Easter, this episode is a simple and honest reflection on something many people don’t often say out loud. Lorraine shares what it looks like to hold faith and still have the occasional question, not a loss of belief, but a quiet moment of wondering that comes and goes. What does the resurrection really mean in everyday life? And is it okay to believe… while still not fully under...

As we move into Easter week, this episode sits with one of the biggest questions of the Christian faith: Why did Jesus have to die? Not the surface-level answer… but the real one. In this episode, Lorraine reflects on the weight of the cross, not as a distant story, but as something deeply personal. What was so broken that it required that level of sacrifice? And why couldn’t it have been done ano...

This wasn’t the episode I had planned. In this week’s episode of SafelyRAW, Lorraine shares a quiet and honest reflection after the loss of her dog. It’s not a structured teaching or a polished message, just a real moment of grief, faith, and learning to sit with what hurts. Sometimes loss doesn’t come in the way we expect. Sometimes it feels sudden. And sometimes our thoughts can begin to tell us...

If you could ask God one question… what would it be? In this episode of SafelyRAW, Lorraine reflects on a simple but powerful question that came up during an Alpha discussion. When people were invited to think about the one question they would ask God, the answers revealed something deeper about the human heart. Some questions were about suffering. Others were about justice or understanding the wo...

Sometimes faith grows quietly… and sometimes it surprises us. In this episode of SafelyRAW, Lorraine reflects on a personal question that many believers may quietly wrestle with: why can it sometimes feel easy to talk about God or the Holy Spirit, but a little harder to speak the name of Jesus out loud? This isn’t about doubt. It’s about something deeper, reverence, humility, and the weight of rea...

Sometimes the thoughts that challenge us most aren’t loud, they’re quiet, fleeting questions that stop us in our tracks. In this episode of SafelyRAW, Lorraine reflects on a subtle pressure many believers experience: the feeling that we need to work harder, serve more, or somehow make up for the past in order to please God. But what happens when faith begins to feel more like performance than rela...

What happens when your life begins moving in a healthier direction… but someone else’s seems to go the opposite way? In this episode of Safely Raw, Lorraine sits with a question many people quietly carry but rarely say out loud: Does God move people in and out of our lives, and how do we live with the emotions that follow when paths divide? This is a raw and honest reflection on faith, responsibil...

We’re being kept busy. Not just busy with life, busy fighting each other. Arguing. Splintering. Picking sides. Bickering over secondary issues while bigger decisions get made over our heads. And for a long time, that kind of division didn’t just frustrate me, it destabilised me. It made me anxious, reactive, and emotionally unbalanced. But something has shifted. I’m still aware of the division. I’...

We live in a time of constant alerts, headlines, and analysis. We can track every cultural shift in real time, but can we sit still in prayer for five minutes? In this episode, Lorraine challenges the gap between awareness and endurance. Do we actually have deep faith, or just strong opinions? What happens when uncertainty, delay, or unanswered prayer hits our own lives? This is a call to develop...

This episode isn’t polished. It isn’t neat. And it isn’t about having all the answers. It’s about what happens when faith feels harder to articulate than it used to, when the words don’t quite match the weight you’re carrying, but silence isn’t an option either. In this episode, I speak honestly about the tension between knowing God is calling you forward and not yet having the language, clarity,...

On Australia Day, it’s easy to feel torn, between gratitude and grief, pride and pressure, love of country and distrust of leadership. In this episode, we step away from political noise and return to biblical ground. Scripture reminds us that God’s people have often lived under imperfect leadership and unsettled systems, yet they were still called to seek the good of the land, pray for it, and liv...

What do you do when you already know the answer, but keep delaying anyway? In this episode of SafelyRAW, Lorraine goes deeper into the hidden habit many believers don’t want to admit: renegotiating with God after He’s already spoken. This isn’t about clarity. It’s about fear, control, and the quiet bargains we make to stay comfortable. If you’ve felt the inner turmoil of knowing what obedience req...

In this episode of SafelyRAW, we confront the quiet acceptance of over-governance and the way grown adults have been conditioned to comply rather than take responsibility. This is not a call to rebellion or recklessness. It’s a call to moral adulthood. We explore how fear of loss keeps people silent, how compliance has been mistaken for faithfulness, and why obedience to God has never required per...

We are living in a time when many people can see that something is wrong. The systems are broken. Truth is softened. Conviction is treated like extremism. Faith is tolerated only if it stays quiet. But seeing clearly is no longer enough. In this opening episode of Season 2, Lorraine challenges the idea that awareness alone is faithfulness. Scripture is clear: hearing, agreeing, and discerning do n...