The growth that healthy humans seek is not simply a random expansion in every direction driven by disordered human appetites.
spring
A.M.D.G.
This post will make most sense to readers in Aotearoa New Zealand where today, September 1st, is officially the first day of the season of spring.
Ash Wednesday
Whatever season of the year you are living in today, and whatever season of life's journey, today we enter together a spring-time of growth for relationship with God....
Lent & spring
Here in the Southern Hemisphere we don't associate Lent with spring since in these March days we are entering Autumn. But there is a real connection, and in this brief...
Lent – in Autumn?
One of the first Food For Faith video clips was this one from Lent a couple of years ago. Hurunui readers will recognise the beautiful Cheviot Hills reserve. While the...
Lent & springtime
"In these days we are in the heart of the season of Lent. The word "Lent" comes from an old Anglo-Saxon word meaning "to lengthen" or "spring - the lengthening of...
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Mary MacKillop
Too often we settle for an existence of lurching from one satisfaction to the next.