Does Your Country Have an Appetite for Trumpism?
There is hardly a night goes by in Aotearoa New Zealand, when the 47th president of the “dis” United States of America does not appear on our TV. I think…
Working With Others to Care for Creation
In the 1850s, settlers from the United Kingdom thought it would be a good idea to introduce Australian possums to New Zealand. What a disaster that has been. (They also…
Ask the Beasts and They Will Teach You
In 2014, American theologian Elizabeth Johnson wrote a wonderful book that included in its title Ask the Beasts. Job 12:17 continues, “ask the beasts and they will teach you.” We…
Rethinking the Solemnity of Christ the King Part I
The coronation of Charles III last month, which drew the attention of much of the world, provides a timely moment to rethink Catholic devotion to Christ the King. Luke 2:7…
The Birds of the Air, They Will Tell You
As I write this, it is mid-October here in Aotearoa New Zealand and so half way through spring. It has certainly been the birds and bee season around our home…
Hope for the Ōpāwaho/Heathcote River
62 Ferry Road, Christchurch, New Zealand is well remembered by the many Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions as they made their novitiate there, the second convent home of…