Compassion in Aged Care This story appeared in The Saturday Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, Brisbane Times and WA Today, on Saturday 12 September. Warm thanks to artist Kathy Westfold for permission to use her watercolour image. Like many families with frail elderly parents, I have been watching the unfolding COVID-19 crisis in aged care …
Ursula
“I think hard times are coming, when we will be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now…” Ursula Le Guin
A prayer, a plea, a bird
Prayer writing, imagination and faithTuesday 29 September 2020, 10am to 12noon via Zoom Wellspring Centre have invited me to conduct this prayer writing workshop The workshop is for people who’d like to write the prayers on their hearts. I learnt the art of writing the short and ancient prayer form, the ‘collect’ in a summer …
The Art of Storytelling
Songwriters, poets and musicians bring us narratives wrapped memorably in melody or honed words which allow us to see our own stories more clearly.
prayers and readings on racism
Great God of Light who cannot be deceived,
You see the bitter costs borne by First Peoples.
In My Blood It Runs
How long will he have to sit at the feet of strangled white teachers who cannot say the word ‘spirit’ without clearing their throats and saying they are confused.
