Writing
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Joseph saw him first, the man who was an unexpected baby, boy in a carpenter’s shop. John, recently passed, recognized his cousin, playmate, friend rising from the Jordan with a dove more» -
Christ has stood in front of me on many a day. It hasn't always been a pan of water that he's held in front of me, for water is only one symbol of a way to be cleansed and healed. more» -
The passion narratives ask us to view the world from God's perspective, with the loving eyes of Christ, from the Spirit's vantage point. more» -
Come close with Mary, Martha, Lazarus
So close the candles stir with their soft breath
And kindle heart and soul to flame within us
Lit by these mysteries of life and death. more» -
Courage and faith, water and earth,
reveal unseen spaces nurturing life,
strengthening hearts... more» -
We’re heading to a sunset
shooting
cosmic light
ten thousand streams of happiness
not far from the swing
of the foam more» -
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Some writers reflect on the 12 days of the song... more» -
Beauty blossoms the landscape
of the bare heart
warming it like the breath of creatures
healing like nectar... more» -
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when all is said and done
that might and power... more» -
...Christians should never be triumphalist as the magnificent truth of the gospel is always framed in thin, beautiful, delicate ice. more» -
Do we know that within each one of us is the unspeakably beautiful beat of the Sacred? more» -
There is something telling about the fact that the very day after Christmas the Church celebrates the Feast of Stephen, the first Martyr. more» -
Happy Feast of St. Francis! The hospitality of Franciscans has been a pivotal gift in my life, and I owe them much for helping to preserve my vocation and to sustain me when I made a flying leap into ministry beyond the local church. more» -
My hospice patients were dying, but they still longed for fresh air and birdsong. more» -
The gospel story assaults our sense of justice. More subversively, it challenges our conception of God. Isn't God “justâ€? Isn't God “powerfulâ€? Why didn't God protect his faithful servant John the Baptist, now in the despot Herod's hands because of his faithfulness to God's call? more» -
Taize counted us as adults, not young people, and we had a special place to meet and eat, with just a little more comfort. We didn't talk about denominations or our distinctive traditions - perhaps because the support of Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant Churches, is now accepted, understood, and embedded. more» -
Over the river
the 'red' horse
is munching under the fleur de lis tree
its scarlet coat deepening ever slightly
into the most daring of pinks... more» -
John's Gospel is a stand-out work of poetic imagination. Not the fanciful imagination of Alice in Wonderland, but the incisive insightful imagination which penetrates more deeply into truth and reality. more» -
At night it was light and from the bed in my grandparent's house, I could look through the open curtains to the ocean and watch the midnight sun. Golden calendula marigolds grew in abundance in the garden, petals adding colour to home-made butter. more» -
In the Beginning, not in time or space,
But in the quick before both space and time,
In Life, in Love, in co-inherent Grace... more» -
The picture-perfect vista on the wall
was captioned in the style of Peter Pan – more» -
"I don't believe when you look around you're seeing ghosts but I do believe in the presence of the past. I was overcome with it. I was so totally moved I felt exhausted..." more»