Writing
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At a time in my life when I was deeply sorrowful, it was the ocean and the seashore, which became the places and source of my healing. A journey with Hilary, Columba and Maui along Cloudy Bay. more» -
You simply notice one sweet day that you are at peace ... more» -
Forget angels! It's honeybees, around for at least 150 million years, that were sometimes thought of as the messengers between heaven and earth. more» -
Marriage equality provides the Anglican church with an advantageous place in public discourse as it is no longer burdened with being a moral guardian of difference based on gender. more» -
As dawn breaks on Easter Day, the clarion call of the cockerel on the Otago Peninsula will reconnect us to the heart of Being. more» -
There was a dandelion clock in our garden on Sunday. Only one. A delicate timepiece. Hints of a dancing theology? more» -
Tender petals will open in The Vatican Gardens in April, heralding a new beginning at Easter. Resurrection flowers. more» -
It was for the promise of a sixpence that I recited Burns' epic masterpiece, Tam O' Shanter. Hilary Smith celebrates the birthday of the bard. more» -
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Here a mouth opens,
thirsty to receive.
The girl stares down at it,
as if at a puzzle, shocked if this is the answer,
stares in terror and wonder at what she has done. more» -
Tradition and ritual, a love that never dies, sharing food with friends, creative courage, a mother and her child and a freedom of the spirit. Magnificat moments. Christmas stories. more» -
In the morning, Christmas morning, the frangipani tree with star shaped flowers blooms so brightly. It seems as if heaven's stars are caught in its branches. more» -
Surging swell unrelenting
Fisher's net cast from storm
Colours fast in ceaseless shaping
Shingle beach salvaged story's form
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On national television and before a live audience Clara van Wel stirred the gloss of competitive celebrity, revealing unnervingly simple questions about meaning, belonging, acceptance and love. more» -
'I am with you always' doesn't mean Jesus will be with a particular church in Syria, France or New Zealand. Susan Smith suggests instead that the Spirit blows where she wills. Coming to grips with that new life can mean facing grim realities. more» -
As Hilary begins to write Christmas cards she remembers that nothing in the garden is finished. Pathways and streams diverge and interconnect, no beginnings, no endings. Like the gospels, full of loose ends, unfinished business and unanswered questions. more» -
I was ordained at the end of 1984. On reflection this seems to have been at the end of the male dominated Anglican Church in this country. For my ordained life the experience has been marked by a deepening feminisation of the Church. For a bloke this has not been without discomfort, even a sense of threat. more» -
Without a ground of faith between people, within institutions and among communities, it will be near impossible for any law or regulation to gain a meaningful hold. more» -
The profound logic of God's symphony
requires a new theme come to voice
so Mary
totally unsuspecting more» -
In this evening after eating outYou serve us nightcaps as we talkNoting our lazy hermeneutics, how we crossLong sentences like little rivers winding betweenPrecipices and over rocky more»
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As the godwits land after their epic journey we experience the sacred goodness and grace at the heart of creation, in communion with God who is at the very heart of life more» -
If we are to be one as Jesus and the Father are one then our primary responsibility is to arrive at a common understanding in respect of the major social issues we face today in Aotearoa New Zealand. more» -
Awe-struck wonder, restless life
weigh lightly on
gentle hearts, open minds,
freeing spirits to rise. more»