There is a loneliness that does not come from being alone, but from being surrounded. It is possible to be competent, present, and outwardly fine, and still feel as though no one has really noticed you. Not simply noticed that you are there, but seen with the kind of attention that recognizes weight without demandingContinue reading “Unseen”
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Humble feet
There is something deeply human about feet. They are not especially glamorous, so yes I am ignoring those who fastidiously prepare them at the nail salon. No one writes sonnets to them. They are rarely the part of ourselves we present first to the world. And yet they carry everything. They bear weight. They absorbContinue reading “Humble feet”
Easter Reflection
Soon the Paschal Triduum will be upon and around us. It is important, I think, not to rush through the brutality of Good Friday because we know that Sunday is coming. Good Friday is devastating. And on this day, we are not asked to explain that devastation away. We are invited instead to sit inContinue reading “Easter Reflection”
The Good Samaritan
I recently participated in a Synod retreat and was gifted with time and momentum to pray some scripture. From the second one these thoughts arose after praying The Good Samaritan from the Gospel of Luke. There is something unsettling about the question that opens the parable of the Good Samaritan. The expert in the lawContinue reading “The Good Samaritan”
Jesus Has a Soul
It is a slightly alarming feature of theology that one can know something perfectly well and still be startled by it in the middle of a hymn. Soul of my Saviour, sanctify my breast. Entirely familiar. Entirely orthodox. And yet, there it was, arriving with unnecessary force: Jesus has a soul. Which is obvious, untilContinue reading “Jesus Has a Soul”
The Light we don’t get to keep
Lent is honest about timing. It hands us the Transfiguration not as a glittering detour from the hard road, but as a lamp lit on the hard road. Every year, in Lent, the Church insists we climb this mountain with Jesus and then come back down again. We do not get to choose only theContinue reading “The Light we don’t get to keep”
Stone Pillows and Straight Answers
There is a particular weariness that settles in the bones when a person has lived too long around performance. Not the joyful kind of performance that draws a wide smile and fills the heart like children on a stage, a choir practising for a feast day, the brave delight of trying something new. I meanContinue reading “Stone Pillows and Straight Answers”
The Arithmetic of a Vow
As I begin a new Pilates Challenge and Lent is looming I was reflecting on goal-setting. It can be so hard to stick to the goals we set. Most of us do not fail at goals because we are lazy. We fail because we are overexposed. Modern life has us living like houses with everyContinue reading “The Arithmetic of a Vow”
New Beginnings
The start of the year (especially a school year) begins with many aspirations, dreams and intentions. On the surface a new year is clean. It is the kind of beginning you can schedule: new diary, new term, new haircut, new uniform, new shoes that still squeak a little. But real beginnings are seldom neat. TheyContinue reading “New Beginnings”
The Shape of Blessing – A reflection on the Beatitudes in the Gospel of Matthew (5:1-12)
The Beatitudes can sound like soft words for a hard world. Blessed are the poor? The mourning? The meek? They’re not the ones we usually call successful. They’re not trending. They don’t win. And yet Jesus names them blessed. This blessing isn’t sentiment. It’s not about reward, or being good enough, or holding it allContinue reading “The Shape of Blessing – A reflection on the Beatitudes in the Gospel of Matthew (5:1-12)”
The Female Theologian 