Writer, Anne Lamott, speaks with often hilarious self-deprecation. She says “My mind is like a bad neighbourhood, I try not to go there alone.” It makes me laugh now, but there was a time I would not have found it funny. Over a decade ago, I found myself in a maelstrom of defeat. The funding …
In her poem ‘Magdalene on Gethsemane’ Marie Howe narrates an imagined interaction between Mary Magdalene and Jesus of Nazareth in the Garden of Gethsemane. From Jesus’ agony on the night before his crucifixion, in the voice of the Magdalene, Howe writes: “When he was in the garden the night before And fell with his face …
This piece was published in The Age faith column May 1, 2022 Following two knee surgeries, my neighbour asked me to join her for regular fitness walks. On this autumn morning, her American Staffordshire Terrier came with her. The Staffy’s begging eyes had won the day. After walking at a clip through a swathe of …
Prayer writing, imagination and faithTuesday 29 September 2020, 10am to 12noon via Zoom Additional workshops October 28 (now full) and November 10 (bookings currently available) 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 …
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?
Praise be for neighbours talking across fences, calling from balconies, waving through windows
Some things don’t heal. There is a respectful knowing that doesn’t try to force healing or hope on people.
