Every week I spend time with people who are carrying the burden of grief. I know that there is little I can do or say to ease the pain. While I learnt some grief theory...
death
facing fear
The liturgy of Good Friday gives us an opportunity to face our greatest fear, the fear of death.
unto dust…
The encouragement that usually accompanies the imposition of Ash Wednesday ashes is "Turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel." But when I was a child the...
not death but life
On Good Friday earlier in the year I had the privilege of preaching the sermon at the morning ecumenical service held at St. Mary’s Co-operating Church in Culverden....
funerals, and hope
Last month I celebrated Mass on the anniversary of the death of my mother (9 February 2009) and father (10 February 2010). My father would often comment that we could...
celebrating life?
Today a friend posted this blog posting on funerals on his Facebook page. Thanks Pete for sharing this - a very helpful reflection....
Latest Posts
what is theology ?
Many who struggle in the Church are experiencing a call to more profound engagement with the divine
divine instrument
Religious faith – and especially religious practice – waxes and wanes over lifetimes
Corpus Christi
forgetting what is essential and become preoccupied with trivia
Leo’s letter & life
Pope Leo’s first Encyclical last week has met with mostly positive response
he tāngata
Life really is all about perspective. (-: