Telling Aurelia
“You take care now,” she says as she gently straightens my collar.
Pádraig Ó Tuama speaks about Tender
Padraig O Tuama launched my book Tender, stories that lean into kindness, just on a year ago.You can hear his speech here.
a prayer for the new decade
A new decade has dawned amidst smoke and heat and peril. What can we ask when we know much of it will be hard, even harrowing?
Finding wonder in a crisis
In this era of COVID- 19, on the cusp of sleep, I startle at the noise from the plane flying low… My thought lands in three distinct syllables: Aer-o-plane.
a prayer for Easter Day in the time of Covid 19
Praise be for neighbours talking across fences, calling from balconies, waving through windows
Keeping Vigil
in January during the Australian bushfires. My mother died in what feels like another era now, though it was only three months ago.
prayers of lament
There are already people who cannot be present with their loved ones who are dying.
a story for Maundy Thursday
Some things don’t heal. There is a respectful knowing that doesn’t try to force healing or hope on people.