It is forty years today since I was ordained priest in the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle in Timaru

I’m grateful to Catherine Fyfe and James van Schie, new Trustees who join Chris Fogarty, Kate Kearins and Catherine Gibbs.

We must stop using the term non-practicing in such an inaccurate and distancing way.

It’s sixty years next Monday since the closing of the three-year Second Vatican Council.

even to share some of the mozzarella I’ve enjoyed making recently

So simple that children who naturally and naively live with open eyes and ears get it

it’s the thumbs-up given in answer to our Advent O Come O Come prayer.

It is even more true to say that every day we are being created (present tense)

a growth in knowledge that wherever and however we are, God is oriented towards us

Even and especially in this busyness I invite you to join me in taking a couple of minutes