Pride Month offers the Church an opportunity to reflect more deeply on Christ’s commandment to love God and to love our neighbours. This reflection explores how Christian faith calls us to embody welcome, compassion, dignity, and respect, reminding us that God’s love is expansive, life-giving, and offered generously to every person created in the image of God.
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The Feast of Pentecost: Empowered by the Holy Spirit
Pentecost is more than the birthday of the Church—it is the celebration of God’s Spirit poured out upon ordinary people for extraordinary purposes. This reflection explores the transforming power of the Holy Spirit, reminding us that the same Spirit who filled the first disciples continues to inspire, equip, and send us into the world to live and share the Gospel with courage, compassion, and joy.
The Feast of the Ascension: A Celebration of Christ’s Triumph
The Ascension of Christ is not a farewell but a promise. As Jesus is exalted, the Church is entrusted with the joyful calling to bear witness to the Gospel in the power of the Holy Spirit. This reflection explores the hope, confidence, and mission at the heart of Ascension Day, reminding us that the risen Christ continues to reign, accompany, and empower God’s people in every generation.
I’m going to laugh again: reflections on the journey of healing through forgiveness
Forgiveness is rarely a single moment. More often, it is a long journey through grief, healing, and the slow rediscovery of joy. This reflection explores the transforming power of grace, reminding us that while forgiveness does not erase the past, it can free us to laugh again, hope again, and embrace the future with hearts no longer defined by old wounds.
Fore! Golfing with Crazy Print Pants
Sometimes the Gospel meets us on the golf course as readily as it does in the pew. With a smile, a colourful pair of golf pants, and a healthy dose of self-deprecating humour, this reflection discovers that joy, humility, and good companionship may be just as important as keeping the ball on the fairway. Faith, like golf, is often less about perfection than about learning to enjoy the journey.
On Pilgrimages… from an Anglican Pilgrim
Every pilgrimage begins with a single step, but its greatest discoveries are rarely found at the destination alone. Along the way, unexpected encounters, quiet prayers, and ordinary moments become instruments of God’s transforming grace. This reflection explores the deeper purpose of pilgrimage, reminding us that the journeys we undertake outwardly often become the pathways by which God reshapes us inwardly.