My new book: a prayer a plea a bird
from the cover of A prayer, a plea, a bird
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 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 …
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?
short prayers in a time of virus
‘collects’ – a form of short prayer which addresses an aspect of the Divine and makes a request or observation.
‘Tender’ review
Tender is the perfect title for this book. Each story is exquisite in its gentle weaving of incidents witnessed with a call to compassion and justice.
Mark Tredinnick
Mark’s poetry and lyrical prose return to mind so often. I am grateful for the long conversations we have had that formed this interview published by Dumbo Feather I first met Mark Tredinnick’s work through The Little Red Writing Book––recommended by a teacher I loved. Within the opening pages I was hooked. I read the …