Advent: practice, play, prayer
Play Jigsaw puzzles are like meditation for me, in a way. They invite a focus on this present image, this present portion of an image. They are about process more [...]
Pray with me, or go deeper?
Pray the Story Podcast is live! Pray with me. Respond to the words of the Bible with poetry, with prayer, with imagination. Each month, audio and text for four new [...]
of ripples, glistening
sunlight shows the surface ripples, glistens gold on dew-dropped leaves; warms my legs and blinds me as I squint past upper story windows to the vast pristine blue from hidden perches, kookaburras’ laughter draws [...]
Holding space for your retreat
Perhaps it seems a bit twee in expression, but part of my vocation, my exercise of a ministry of presence, is to hold space for people. I exercise a ministry of holding people [...]
The seasons turn
Opening to the gifts Seasons change. As they do, they bring us new gifts, offer us new challenges. How do we move through the seasons open to the gifts, ready [...]
Carrying Holy Light
Transfiguration Sunday Reflections What happens on the mountain The first story we heard on Transfiguration Sunday was of Moses coming down from the mountain, his face shining, and the people astonished. We [...]
Listen to the Whispers
Poems from Whisper On My Palm Whisper On My Palm is a new collection of poems I will have published with Resource Publications in 2022. These are poems through the experiences of grief, illness, [...]
Wisdom calls. Heed her voice and live well.
Reflection on Proverbs 1:20–33, Psalm 19, and Wisdom of Solomon 7:26–8:1 Wisdom calls Listen to Wisdom, and we will dwell in trust, be at ease, (have) [...]
A time for silence
Reflection for Transfiguration Sunday 2 Kings 2:1–12; Mark 9:2–9; Psalm 50:1–6 Sometimes stories come like unexpected guests, a knock on the door, hi! I’ve come to visit – oh, [...]
Ten albums of impact
From time to time, friends tag each other on Facebook in ten day sharing sprees on a theme: black and white photo from your day; albums that had a significant impact; books you love. [...]
We sense, we love, we learn, and thus we find the Sacred
Our minister in association, Bruce, invited us (Wesley Uniting, Canberra), to consider the various ways in which we nurture our connection to the Sacred, in his reflection this past week. I spent quite some [...]
Priests on the sidelines? Leading church when gathering is suspended
A fellow clergy person wondered recently about priests being on the sidelines, seeming unneeded in the time of Covid-19 suspension of community gatherings. I wondered if it might actually be an invitation to trust, and [...]