Author Archives: acollins16

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”

In the First Letter to the Corinthians Paul writes; God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. Key take-away #1. God is faithful. We try to be faithful andContinue reading “God is faithful”

Sometimes we just have to listen to our inner voice. There are times when we think it through and talk to ourselves rather than listening. I kind of equate that to when you are ‘listening’ to someone but really you are just waiting to speak, not really listening. Creating the headspace to listen takes timeContinue reading “listen that you may hear”

My Camino in my mind was about leaving 3 ‘rocks’ on the way and having it out with God. A bit of a ‘what the hell?’ conversation. Getting to Sarria was really hard and I almost turned back but I really wanted to have that chat, it pushed me from a need deep within. OnContinue reading “Sh*t happens – make good choices”

Whilst in Santiago after my Camino I was fortunate to attend Mass at the Cathedral on Sunday. To get in to the Cathedral I walked past a highly-distressed lady. She sat outside the church and wailed. It was a haunting sound. I felt uncomfortable walking past her. Then when I had to walk past herContinue reading “Harden not your heart”

Interestingly, we routine-up our rituals and ritualize our routines. Yes, I know this is a couple of days late. I am vastly imperfect. This is a topic I feel is obvious but not given enough attention. Rituals are important. They matter to our psyche. I don’t know why but I am confident they do. TheContinue reading “Routines and Rituals”