Creating Safe Spaces: A Mission Responsibility
I must be honest: I was the first to complain when a funding agency insisted that we put safeguarding policies and procedures in place in our ministry in Kulaman with…
I must be honest: I was the first to complain when a funding agency insisted that we put safeguarding policies and procedures in place in our ministry in Kulaman with…
Reflection for the First Sunday of Lent A Readings: Genesis 2: 7-9, 16-18, 25, 3:1-7 (RM) or 2: 7-9, 3: 1-7 (RCL); Psalm 51; Romans 5: 12-19; Matthew 4: 1-11.…
Recently, I read a scary article about AI being able to generate intimate relationships between humans and a machine (see James Muldoon, “Artificial Intimacy,” Guardian Weekly, 16 January 2026). I…
Reflection for the Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time A or the Sixth Sunday after Epiphany Readings: Sirach 15: 15-20 (RM) or Deuteronomy 30: 15-20 (RCL); Psalm 119; I Corinthians 2: 6-10…
The church liturgical year has its seasons. Gardening has its seasons too. February brings the season of seed catalogues and Seedy Saturdays 1. This winter I’ve been reading The Serviceberry:…
Reflection for the Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time A or the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Readings: Isaiah 58: 7-10 (RM) or 1-9 (RCL); Psalm 112; I Corinthians 2: 1-5 (RM) or…
In dark times we are encouraged to look for the harbingers of Light, which are always present (John 1:5)! In dark times we are told that ‘where sin abounds, grace…
Reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time A or the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany Readings: Zephaniah 2:3, 3:2-13 (RM) or Micah 6:1-8 (RCL); Psalm 146 (RM) or Psalm 15 (RCL);…
For many years, I have been concerned for the present state of our planet-home.1 In a time of climate change which became climate crisis, and is now seen by many…
Reflection for the Third Sunday of Ordinary Time A or the Third Sunday after Epiphany Readings: Isaiah 8:23 – 9:3 (RM) or 9: 1-4 (RCL); Psalm 27; I Corinthians 1: 10-13,…