The sleep experts, who make their living offering suggestions to people who find it difficult to get a good night's sleep, suggest that TV and computers in the hour...
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the new normal
Did yesterday's budget deliver what you needed? I took some time after Bill English’s Budget speech to browse the news headlines and read a couple of leading...
Francis & satan
"Everyone loves Pope Francis" the woman announced to all the shoppers a few weeks ago in the Cheviot Four Square store. Her affirmation is widespread since something...
beauty made flesh
It was a privilege to celebrate today the marriage of Cheryl & Gabriel in Cebu, Philippines. On the back of the missal booklet that they had prepared for their...
saying it all
Last week Bishop Barry Jones marked seven years as bishop of my diocese of Christchurch New Zealand. In his teaching ministry in that time he has used innumerable words...
what am i to do?
It is appropriate as we celebrate Vocations Sunday, to allow the Holy Spirit to realign our thinking and acting about the purpose of human existence, so that we might...
Good Shepherd
When did you last suggest to someone that God might be calling them to serve as a priest? This Sunday (“Good Shepherd Sunday”, Fourth Sunday of Easter) is celebrated...
the funny side
Following last Sunday's canonisation of Saint John XXIII a number of websites, blogs and social media groups have been enjoying the humour of the "pope of the Council."...
pressing on
Late last week I arrived in the Philippines for a series of retreats / spiritual exercises with communities in General Santos, Manila and Cebu. Yesterday I completed...
exquisite docility
Pope Francis has just finished preaching the homily at the Mass of canonization of Saint John XXIII and Saint John Paul II. The phrase that touched me most deeply was...
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armistice
We are slow to learn that violence can never deliver the peace we seek.
Bono & Jesus
With U2 playing in Auckland this weekend I’m appreciating the opportunity to savour not only their music but also some of Bono’s inspiring interviews.
Guy Fawkes
We know that future generations will look back on us as primitive for treating explosives as a domestic treat.