Joy in old age
What is joy? Is it the product of experience, or its source? I was stuck in heady questioning, and getting nowhere. Humble recourse to someone older and wiser was needed,...
Benedict's tools for peace
The basic message of chapter four of “The Rule of St Benedict” is that peace on the large scale must begin in our hearts and in our own lives, says...
Jaxie, Fintan and me
I appreciate a story that seeps into who I am, that makes unexpected connections, and in the process challenges me to recognise someone I would once have seen as ‘other’,...
Lessons from a backyard spider
As I ponder the spider and its web, it strikes me that our understanding of being trapped and being protected can easily be misunderstood or misinterpreted, writes Sister Margaret Keane.
Ghost gum wisdom
A “wounded” ghost gum outside Judith Scully’s window is teaching her that ageing has its own beauty and strength.
Creation cherishing all of us
Even today when I see the ocean or come across fields full of haystacks I am overwhelmed by my first encounter with the soul of myself, writes Good Samaritan Sister...
Pilgrimage in everyday life
Pilgrimage can be undertaken anywhere, any day, says Donna Mulhearn.
Some ‘fuel’ for your Lenten journey
Six podcasts for you to listen to with the ear of your heart during Lent.
Gardeners of hope
Christmas beckons us to be the gardeners of hope, says Sydney poet Colleen Keating.
Pilgrimage: opening ourselves to a new energy
The greatest awakening of my World Youth Day pilgrimage took place when I got back home, writes Ashleigh Green.
A still point in my changing world
“At the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam I met Rembrandt’s mother, and brought her home packaged in a cardboard tube – my souvenir of two days in Holland. Decades later she sits...
What does stability look like in communities?
We can create relationships of stability and hope in fragmenting and fractious times by recognising “the call of the moment and responding to it”, says Good Samaritan Sister Pam Grey.