Author Archives: acollins16

Living your inner character is a challenge. Isn’t it? It would be nice to think that we live by the values we espouse all the time – but that would be somewhat illogical given the human propensity for failure in that regard. We say all the right things, we may even mean them, but consistentlyContinue reading “Character”

I recently heard an interesting reflection on the Parable of the Tenants. The priest talked about Jesus referencing Scriptures to the leaders of his time, paralleling them with those who had a possessive attitude and refused to hand over the harvest. He further referenced the tendency of Jesus to include those judged by the PhariseesContinue reading “Limited”

There is a song by Hillsong that I absolutely love. So Will I (100 Billion X). The one I listen to is the live version that goes for just over 7 minutes. There are so many lines that over the past few years have spoken to me; the other day I was driving and oneContinue reading “The grave we carry”

Some say you just have to forgive. That to not forgive is like drinking poison and waiting for someone else to die. I have heard so many statements about forgiveness and it has always left me feeling like a failure. So many people telling me that ‘it’s about being the bigger person’, as if forgivenessContinue reading “Forgiveness”

We live in a world moving at break-neck speed where rushing from event to event is common and the congestion on our roads attests to our movement. Pollution rises, our patience wanes, everything blurs into a cacophony of sound and colour. We chase that next beautiful thing before we finish the moment we live in.Continue reading “Be Present Today”

We are told in the Christian Scriptures that God is love. John puts it beautifully in his letter: Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.  Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 1 Jn 47:7-8 Love isContinue reading “Love”

If we are to be present in our world we are therefore more aware of what is going on in our society. To be present in this sense is to turn up. We need to continue to ‘turn up’ to our world so that we can raise our voice, raise awareness, raise funds to remedyContinue reading “Be Present”

I have been thinking a lot about prayer lately. The difference between individual and communal and also how important prayer is in human development, also how communal prayer is directed. Personally, I find the connection that prayer is supposed to create most abundantly out in nature. Within the hallowed walls of a church I findContinue reading “Prayer”

Recently I attended a funeral. Death is that one thing we cannot avoid. It was a beautiful Mass with thoughtful readings, thoughts, reflections and music. No matter how lovely it was or how celebratory (in the sense of celebrating the person and her life), it signaled the end of her life on earth. Sometimes, whenContinue reading “Grow the gold”