prayer

pray big

May 9, 2020

The emails that have accompanied most of the prayer requests I have received this week have been moving and inspiring.

plainly speaking

May 5, 2020

I like the bold approach of the Jews, marching up to Jesus as he strolls between the columns: “If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

guided meditation

Apr 5, 2020

Here is the first of the prayer podcasts – 15 minutes of gentle reflection with a lot of silence, beginning with the sound of church bells, a traditional call to prayer.

prayer & reality

Apr 4, 2020

In this reflection I share some of the most helpful advice ever given to me about prayer. I hope you find it as encouraging as I have.

a room alone

Apr 3, 2020

“All of humanity’s problems stem from our inability to sit quietly in a room alone”

hidden things

Mar 27, 2020

I’m writing this at the end of the first NZ lockdown day and I can already see that my life could become dangerously undisciplined

on our knees

Mar 21, 2020

Who needs God (we think)? We can achieve all we need on our own. And then a completely unexpected event brings us back to earth. We are grounded. We are on our knees.

let’s talk it over

Mar 10, 2020

In the midst of good and evil, ups and downs, and through the routines and demands of life we need to be able to express ourselves and to know that we are heard.

divine chatting

Dec 6, 2019

…but today as I read a different reflection came to mind, and I have no doubt that it was Jesus who planted the thought in my head

living? maybe not!

Jul 31, 2019

It’s the feast of Ignatius Loyola today and he has helped me to see that my fears and compulsions often tragically lead me to go through days and weeks as if I’m at least half asleep