Barriers
Casting fire on a gloomy earth
18 August 2019
One of the things that never fails to amaze me - and this is a little embarrassing to admit! - is when you have been literally under the weather for a while: the sky is grey and overcast, perhaps it has rained a bit, with fog and mist thrown in and the weather is really...
Casting fire on a gloomy earth
18 August 2013
One of the things that never fails to amaze me - and this is a little embarrassing to admit! - is when you have been literally under the weather for a while: the sky is grey and overcast, perhaps it has rained a bit, with fog and mist thrown in and the weather is really...
Finding the right walls
24 January 2010
Third Sunday (Year C). When adults attempt to teach young children how to ride a bike, they sometimes cry out decidedly unhelpful comments like - 'just keep pedaling' or 'ride straight' or 'don't crash into that parked car.' When we think back on our first attempts at riding a bike, we may have very vivid...
The gaze of Jesus and the one thing
10 October 2009
Discipleship, Season of Growth, Teaching, Year B
Season of the Year - Sunday 28B. Mark 10:17-30 Wisdom 7:7-11. Our life is defined by the decisions that we make; sometimes we manage to make good decisions - often something less than that. The first reading provides us with the example of the author of Wisdom who clearly prays for the right things -...