Reflection for the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Third Sunday after Pentecost C
1 Kings 19: 16b, 19-21 (RM) or 2 Kings 2: 1-2, 6-14 (RCL); Psalm 16; Galatians 5: 1, 13-18 (RM) or 13-25 (RCL); Luke 9: 51-62. Honestly, it’s been on…
Inspiration to Live Religious Life
As a teenager, I remember hearing the words, “I have called you by name and you are mine” - Isaiah 42:1-2. These words were my inspiration to leave all things…
Reflection for the Body and Blood of Christ / Second Sunday after Pentecost C
Roman Missal: Genesis 14: 18-20 (RM ) or Isaiah 65: 1-9 (RCL); Psalm 110 (RM) or Psalm 22 (RCL); I Corinthians 11: 23-26 (RM) or Galatians 3: 23-29 (RCL); Luke…
Responding to Climate Change in New Zealand
There are few who would claim that climate change is good for us. What is particularly problematic for me as a New Zealander are the different responses currently being suggested.…
Reflection for Trinity Sunday C
Proverbs 8: 22-31 (RM ) or 1-4, 22-31 (RCL); Psalm 8; Romans 5: 1-5; John 16: 12-15. The Trinity, a Trinitarian God, has to be just about the hardest theological…
The Beauty of Soil Part II
Previously, I left you with this question: “How does a gardener, who knows soil is alive with so many creatures, look after the soil?” Generally, gardeners care for the physical…
The Beauty of Soil Part I
It was my interest in safe and healthy food that first drew me to gardening, which seemed a good way to provide pesticide-free, nutritious meals over the summer and well…
Reflection for Pentecost Sunday C
Acts 2: 1-11 (RM) or 1-21 (RCL); Psalm 104; 1 Corinthians 12: 3b-7, 12-13 or Romans 8: 8-17 (RM) or 14-17 (RCL); John 20: 19-23 or John 14: 15-16, 23b-26…
Why the Difference?
In the light of the May 11th assassination of the Al Jazeera journalist, Palestinian Christian woman Shireen Abu Aqleh, and the shocking incidents around her funeral1, I have a question. Why…
The Taste of Things II
Pentecost is my favourite feast! It is full of the assurances of new life. Its Spirit arrives as easily as my next breath or flares forth like a super nova.…