Border Crossings

At Centennial Park in Sydney there is a wonderful Labyrinth. On the first Sunday of each month there is a community labyrinth walk facilitated by various people with interest and passion for labyrinths. Today I had the privilege of facilitating the walk.

n these days of pandemic there has been a lot of talk about mental ill health.  The suicide statistics, Lifeline call numbers and the increase incidence of domestic violence are gross indicators that all is not well.  Not surprising, given the urgency with which we have been commanded to “socially distance.”  What an unfortunate choice of words!  Yes, we do need to maintain physical distance from one another, particularly in public spaces and among gatherings of strangers to curb the transmission of COVID-19, but more than ever we need to socially connect.

What comes to mind when you hear the word “Edge”? In a general sense an edge is the extreme border or point of anything; the edge of a cliff, the edge of the table; the edge of cloth. An edge is particularly applied to the sharp border, the thin cutting extremity of...

I woke before the 4:45am alarm and that was a gift. I had the opportunity for some time of quiet before throwing on some clothes and getting in the car to leave home at 5:00am. It is the early start that is usually the most difficult part of the day but this morning I...

It is 2 years since I finished full-time paid employment. Many of you have followed alongside me through “Border Crossing” posts, as I took some sabbatical time for rest, renewal, and reorientation.

Now so many around the world are grieving. Thousands have more than 20,000 have died from COVID 19 and there are nearly half a million cases of coronavirus.

My reflection on the occasion of my 60th Birthday Celebration held on Sunday 15 December in the presence of family and Friends at Little Bay, NSW, Australia.

The Blessings of Fallow Time – 12 Months from the Beginning of Sabbatical.

Where have you recently seen beauty?

Over recent months, I have been contemplating what does friendship in the margins look like, sound like, feel like, taste like.

For 59 years I have identified as Catholic. Christian, yes, but a particular form of Christianity – Catholicism