Growing up in a country town in the 60s as one of a family of five boys I was completely unaware of the unconscious privileged position I, as a male, held in my society. I must confess, it didn’t really feel this way, particularly as I seemed to fall short when the...
In silence groans caught up in prayer we plead for those we love not from the joyless stance of Judas returning to consciousness after betraying his deepest self but from an open-heart broken and gifted able to question and wonder hopeful in uncertainty free to...
There is a lot of talk about our need for resilience these days. I don’t know about you, but it conjures up for me, images of having to try harder, be braver, and have more positive thoughts, the latter of which has always been difficult for me. I’m more likely to cry...
The quick and easy way to end disputes. . .or maybe not. One of the great pleasures in life for some of us is a good game of Scrabble or – my favourite – Upwords. A dear Aunty of mine and I are keen players, and the main house rule is about whether a word can be...
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