MU 150
21/6/26 Today, the Mothers union has a birthday of 150 years. It’s an organisation that is especially concerned with family life in all its trickiness...Continue reading→
Go Slow
Go slow - think more, talk more, see more. Just lately I’ve had to change gears as I go round the lake. I used to...Continue reading→
What’s a LIG?
What’s a LIG? Last time I went to confession, it was just before Christmass. To my great comfort and joy, I discovered not a squeaky clean plaster saint, but a shabby sinner just like myself. Fancy that! Someone who had faced the same delectable tempting scenarios and made the same mistakes as I had. Who’d...Continue reading→
What is a Synod?
What’s a ‘Synod’? At our Parish Annual Meeting this year, we will be required to elect 4 Synod representatives and 2 supplementaries. A Synod only meets once a year on a Friday night and Saturday, usually in late October. The people go once a year for three years. So time-wise, it’s not a huge commitment....Continue reading→
Patients are not always Patient.
A Man attended the Outpatients Clinic at a leading Hospital, arriving at 1:15 pm for a 1:30 pm appointment. He checks in at the reception and is told to sit in area C, and he will be called. At 2: 15 pm, he enquires and is told things are a bit behind. Ultimately, at 5:30...Continue reading→
This Is Not What We Were Expecting!
This is not what we were expecting! Often, I have tried to imagine myself as one of those frightened disciples locked up in that upper room. Where not much is said, but simply being together and wanting to be together says it all. What is the next move? What do we do now? Go back...Continue reading→
Our Interconnectedness Should be our Strength
Our Interconnectedness Should be our Strength. As I’m writing this, the war in Iran is raging, as are the tempers of some world leaders. It’s not pretty, it’s not pleasant, and it’s not new. The war in the Middle East has been going on for some time now, and someone who is far cleverer than...Continue reading→
I Believe in the Communion of Saints
17/5/26 I Believe in the Communion of Saints. This homily has been given to me over the years by several people. They were unaware of this treasure, but this just makes their gift all the more generous. They did not seek any recompense or reward. This homily is about several people, and yet no one...Continue reading→
Windows into Motherhood
Windows into Motherhood. 10 May 2026 Today, in the secular calendar, it is Mother's Day. It will come as no surprise to you that I have absolutely no idea what it is like to be a Mother. I have never known and will never know what it is like to sense those first flutterings of...Continue reading→
Would it be OK if I said …
Would it be OK if I said … “ I’m sorry ” On Anzac Day, I am always moved. I’m not sure if it's the bugler, the hundreds who turn out, or the minutes' silence, but all of it stirs me in ways that are profound and indescribable. But war must always disappoint us. Retribution,...Continue reading→
Don’t Blame the Goat
Don’t Blame the Goat Once upon a time, more than 3,000 years ago, there was an ancient custom in which an unsuspecting goat would be captured and brought before the religious leader of the day. The locals having all told their grubbiest and most grimy faults to the clergy, it would then be the clerics'...Continue reading→
God of the Unlikely Hear Our Prayer
3 May 2026 God of the Unlikely - Hear Our Prayer. Usually, the first lesson at the Sunday Eucharist is normally from the Old Testament; during Eastertide, the first lesson is taken from the Acts of the Apostles. It’s the story of the early Church as reported by Luke, and we do this to enhance...Continue reading→