A three-minute clip recorded a few years ago in Assisi as encouragement
prayer
an inner peak
I know a few people, including several Food For Faith followers, who are nearing death. Some of these are elderly and accepting that their life on earth is naturally coming to an end. Others, well before their time, are struggling with poor health and living with diagnoses of terminal illness.
schools & education
As the Aotearoa New Zealand school year begins for 2022 here’s a thought on the purpose of education, and a reflection on prayer in schools.
breathe again
Sometimes when I don’t feel like praying I simply become aware of my breathing.
with full hearts
May we attain your promises, which surpass every human desire.
in God’s gaze
God’s gaze on me is the heart of prayer. God does all the work – and I am transformed.
lectio divina
The method of prayer I use to prepare the reflections on the scriptures of the day is a form of what is known in the Christian tradition as Lectio Divina.
our default setting
So much that is taught and written about prayer serves only to convince us that prayer is a complex project to be mastered.
pray & heal
We are challenged by Jesus to forgive those who harm us, but as hard as we try we are unable to do this and often we don’t even want to forgive.
THE sign
… discreetly in a restaurant, or unashamedly before a meeting, a performance or in competition on the sports field.
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another way
the mortality in our sin is not any action itself, but what we do next
death as birth
There was a well-intentioned move a few years ago to replace crucifixes
Kinder & Dante
John talking about Dante: it’s like hearing friends in conversation
to gather together
Its late Sunday as I write and I’m on my way home from a quick three day trip
what a bunch
God is in all of it, the good and the bad, the ups and downs