Friendship is one of the God’s greatest gifts to us and indeed to Himself, as He exists in permanent communion with the Son, and the Holy Spirit. … Read more “Covenantal Friendship”
An unbearably hard journey…
I have been lucky enough to have had Sarah C. Williams as a teacher and mentor over the past three years or so and Shaming the Strong, which… Read more “An unbearably hard journey…”
A Jewel in the Australian City of Literature
Originally posted on Stumbling Through the Past:
The stunning La Trobe Reading Room at the State Library of Victoria. In the centre is a raised platform where…
Julian of Norwich
“Showings (The Long Text)” by Julian of Norwich was a challenge for me. It took me two or three reads to really get what she (yes, she) was… Read more “Julian of Norwich”
Time to toot my own horn
Salvador’s Questions by Heather King. Illustrated by Megan C. Fraser So, I won’t pretend to be biased because this is after all my book but I’d love… Read more “Time to toot my own horn”
Read and help out Trove
Strictly speaking Trove isn’t a book, it’s the National Library of Australia‘s digital resource hub…and it’s my favorite online resource for Australian geneaology research. I recently found out… Read more “Read and help out Trove”
A thought for the day
“Listen to your life”…they are the words of Frederick Buechner that I read and think about on a daily basis. Being in Spiritual Direction and taking a… Read more “A thought for the day”
Some of my faves
Frederick Buechner My favourite Christian writer…actually my favourite writer, period. Exquisite, light, spiritual…it brings you into communion with God and His Creation. Henri Nouwen A masterful writer who addresses Christian… Read more “Some of my faves”
The Place God Calls You To…
“..The hope that as individuals, [we] will somehow win at least a stalemate against the inertias, the lusts, the muffled cruelties, and debits that we do battle with, all of us, all the time.” This was the hope and the action to which Christ was leading us that week.