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the power of love

the power of love

As a person grows up they want to liberate themselves and become free and adult

crooked lines

crooked lines

God delights in writing straight with the crooked lines of our lives.

to follow

to follow

These children have nothing. But the looks on their faces show that they not only have enough, they have everything.

horizon shifting

horizon shifting

Stress is the consequence and the symptom of a loss of perspective.

let’s talk

let’s talk

“Come now, let us talk this over,
says the Lord.”

forgiving makes sense

forgiving makes sense

Forgiving someone who hurt you isn’t about excusing the other person’s behaviour.

ups and downs

ups and downs

The Transfiguration is an event that opens a door between earthly ordinariness and divine eternity.

Lectio Divina

Lectio Divina

There is one particular way of listening to what the Lord wishes to tell us. We call it Lectio Divina

just be perfect

just be perfect

What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything.

in recovery

in recovery

This realisation is precisely what it means to live in right relationship with God and with self.

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signs please God

signs please God

It was the opening of today’s gospel that prompted me to seek signs: This is a wicked generation; it is asking for a sign.

Our Father

Our Father

a father taught his child to pray this prayer especially in the middle of the night when the child woke and felt sad or anxious.

just do it

just do it

I received a letter from the bishop of Christchurch (Denis Hanrahan) which began: Dear John, I am happy to inform you

tempted ?

tempted ?

Temptation is usually understood as an impulse to choose wrong over right, bad over evil, unhealthy over healthy

walking the talk

walking the talk

First I prayed that the suffering would quickly and magically disappear.