One of the greatest inspirations in my life as a priest has been hearing people tell of their own personal experience of God.

One young boy put up his hand and asked: “If you were our teacher, what would you teach us?”

It was the Chatham Islanders who taught me how to really celebrate a funeral well.

In the 1963 novel by Australian Morris West (a popular movie in 1968) a Ukranian archbishop is elected pope.

Jesus Christ IS speaking and IS teaching, IS preaching and IS healing in our own neighbourhoods

I’m inspired by Moses’ willingness to accept a NO from God

I’m happy that Mary’s immediate response at the Annunciation was to be troubled.

Giraffes with their long necks can look back and forward. Rabbits are nourished by the grass at their feet

Tragically many people think that they are also distant from God. This is not true.

The two sons represent two immature ways of relating to God: rebellion and childish obedience