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It has been a while between posts but I’m going to be writing one per week from now on. Either Thursday or Friday I will make time and space to say something. In a way I think if we do not use our voice consistently we run the risk of losing the confidence to speakContinue reading “Call to camino”

Easter Sunday has been and gone but the hope of the season remains. Too often we focus on Lent and forget to immerse ourselves in the glory of Easter, which is actually a longer time frame. We need to learn how to celebrate. Why do we celebrate for one weekend and then transfer to theContinue reading “Easter is not over!”

I’m torn between a desire for justice and a sense of gratitude for the blessings I have been given. What would Jesus say? I often wonder and my clouded and emotive mind has no clear answer. Every single day I want to speak my truth and have it known – especially when I read wordsContinue reading “Accountability”

Just saw a presentation from the Pat Cronin Foundation. A powerful story. An emotive story. How important it is to reinforce to young men that violence is never entertainment, it is never ok. That we all can feel angry but what matters most is what we do. And not just how we respond to ourContinue reading “Men fear women will laugh at them, women fear men will kill them.”

Ah Lent we meet again. And yes, I am invoking the Sunday loophole. (If you hadn’t noticed there are 46 days in Lent – so my brain translates that to – Sundays don’t count as they are days of celebration). I think Lent is ultimately a personal choice. How do you get ready to celebrateContinue reading “Lent”

In a week when Oceania has seen a huge change, I was fortunate to see an art show that strangely took me back mentally to the massacre in the mosque in Christchurch. The note ‘They are us’ written by Jacinda Ardern captured the essence of our multicultural societies and the shift to a more inclusiveContinue reading “I’m only human”

A new year. We develop our own rites of passage to mark the shift from one year to the next. What will our approach be to the next 365 days and nights? If the last few years have taught us anything it is that there are so many things beyond our control. We can onlyContinue reading “Hello 2023!”

Christmas, the religious festival that transcends most cultures. Perhaps it is a nod to the power of the Church in the Middle Ages, but somehow Christmas speaks to those of the faith and not alike. Of course, the meaning of Christmas is very different to religious people such as myself; Jesus is (after all) theContinue reading “The light of Christmas”

As the sun begins to wane in the sky at the end of the first week of Advent, we are called to light the second candle. The faith candle reminds us of the faith of Mary and Joseph as they made the journey to Bethlehem. What a journey that must have been! Perhaps we allContinue reading “Faith”

Today we light the first candle of Advent, the prophet’s candle, which reminds us we have hope because Jesus is coming. Today more than ever we need hope. Hope is something you cannot fake, cannot buy, cannot command and it comes from our deepest desire to be all we were called to be. Without hopeContinue reading “Hope”