Who Gets a Seat at the Table?
Reflection for the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time / Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost C Readings: Sirach 3: 17-18, 20, 28-29 (RM) or Sirach 10: 12-18 (RCL); Psalm 68 or 112;…
A Global Citizen of the Amaryllis (Amaryllidaceae) Family
An Essential Ingredient Worldwide If you have an undemanding friend who always comes through for you and adds lots of flavour to your life, then you will understand garlic! Equally…
Inclusivity is of God
Reflection for the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time / Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost C Readings: Isaiah 66: 18-21(RM) or 58: 9b-14 (RCL); Psalm 117 or 103; Hebrews 12: 5-7, 11-13…
The Taste of Things: Science as Prophecy
In our day, science both radically amazes and deeply frightens. Where will AI take us? Is genderfluidity even possible? Where will progress take us and who really is in charge?…
The Answer is Blowin’ in the Wind
Reflection for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time /Tenth Sunday after Pentecost C Readings: Jeremiah 38: 4-6, 8-10 (RM) or 23: 23-29 (RCL); Psalm 40 or 82; Hebrews 12: 1-4…
Practicing a Hermeneutic of Suspicion
“Evil” is not a term I use lightly. And yet it is a term that seems to fit when considering the dynamics at work within many political and social structures…
Letting Go of Unnecessary Possessions
Reflection for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Ninth Sunday after Pentecost C Readings: Wisdom 18: 6-9(RM) or Genesis 15: 1-6 (RCL); Psalm 33; Hebrews 11: 1-2, 8-19 (RM)…
The Voices of History
Memories are always personal. The same event can evoke different memories. The externals which are visible depend on the angle of vision. The internal ‘reasons why’ are hidden except to…
You Can’t Take It With You
Reflection for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Eighth Sunday after Pentecost C Readings: Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2: 21-23 (RM) or 1:2, 12-14; 218-23; Psalm 90(RM) or 49 (RCL); Colossians…