I’ve been a part of a few great end-of-year gatherings in recent weeks and there’s always some great conversations
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get yoked
Out of all of the alternatives for life, in my experience whole-hearted Christian living is the most effective way of lightening the loads of life.Â
a running shepherd
Since the moment sin entered the world humans have been running. We have been running away from God. But we forget that God is also running. God is running after us.
impossible? NOT!
Perhaps we have never really understood that the stressed existence that most of us think is a normal part of life on earth is not the way things have to be.
a new direction
Repentance means not only turning from what is bad, but also from many things that are good, but just not for us at this time
a no & a yes
When the angel left Mary the problems and challenges of this new stage of her life has just begun. She had to explain to her parents that she was pregnant
divine chatting
…but today as I read a different reflection came to mind, and I have no doubt that it was Jesus who planted the thought in my head
lip service
Words are important. We chatter all day without thinking responding to situations and comments in casual interactions.
my dwelling place
The psalm from today’s Mass is perhaps the best known of the 150 psalms giving direction and hope in the midst of daily struggles.
wonder-full
A few years ago I was walking across the North Quad of the Christchurch Arts Centre as a mother was hurrying her toddler pulling him by the hand as he resisted and gazed into the sky.
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silent classroom
Those who are truly wise know that silence can provide a higher school of learning, a classroom of growth.
Magnificat
We are slow learners, often caught in our own plans and projects and restrained by our limited perspectives
those yesses
I love that! “Yes, alright”.  There’s an informality, an everydayness, a humility, a lightness, an inspiring matter-of-factness.
signs everywhere
Ask the Lord your God for a sign, and you will see signs of God everywhere.
God-words
I gave up and had some food, tried to hide from the feeling in a good novel, then a walk-in-the-rain. Nothing worked