Reflection

Ascension Day  by Malcolm Guite We saw his light break through the cloud of gloryWhilst we were rooted still in time and placeAs earth became a part of Heaven’s storyAnd … Read more

Do you ever find yourself wondering if we expect too little of one another? I know I have wondered this as I witnessed some of the aggressive or disrespectful behaviour from … Read more

This next week is the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia. It is likely there will be reports of this synod in the media and that not all … Read more

In the silence of death we lost the wordand dark-shuttered days filled with empty sighs;while, out of our sight, the walls of hell stirredand long-abandoned eyes began to rise.Night voices … Read more

On this Easter morning, let us look again at the lives we have been so generously given and let us let fall away the useless baggage that we carry – … Read more

Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.  Luke 23:34 Father forgive, and so forgiveness flows;Flows from the very wound our hatred makes,Flows through the taunts, … Read more

by Mary Oliver The grass never sleeps.Or the roses.Nor does the lily have a secret eye that shuts until morning.Jesus said, wait with me. But the disciples slept.The cricket has … Read more

Nearly the end of March… I wake again to the drumming of rain on the roof… My heart sinks… Brisbane has been promised a dry day… a reprieve, a time … Read more

In Made for Goodness, Desmond and Mpho Tutu explore the idea that sometimes our failures can be the greatest blessing of all. The delusions of being a self-made man or woman … Read more