Lent, as always, gives us opportunity to take stock, reflect, pray, and undertake a discipline which enhances our Christian life for an...
Glimpses of God Glimpses of God in gold autumnal trees,Now rustling in cool equinoctial breeze;In the friendly face of...
The first time I heard Gregori Allegri's Misere Mei Deus was on Ash Wednesday Morning in the College Chapel at my Theological School,...
I have said many times, I love weddings. It has been my privilege over the past twenty seven or so years to officate at hundreds of...
When I was eighteen years old, and at the end of my twelfth year of school, I entered into my first romantic relationship. Our...
A submission today from Parishioner and Artist Sara Chu " About twenty years ago, Tim and I took a minibus trip through the Australian...
A contribution from another Parishioner at St John's for today - a song lyric from 'The Celtic Women" submitted by Terry Needham, PC...
More glimpses from Artist and St John's Parishioner, Sara Chu I love reading books about quantum physics although I do not...
I get glimpses of the Divine in a lot, and wide variety, of music - sometimes because of the beauty of a composition, or the depth of...
It was 11:20am on September 27th, 2021, and I’d just arrived at St. John’s from Victoria General Hospital. My beloved Nana, Iris, six...
Over the course of pandemic I have had the opportunity to connect with more members of the Street Community than I ever did before....
I've tried hard not to overload the community of St John the Divine, or my friends, or family, with stories of my sabbatical - it was a...
Ordination day! To the Diaconate, that is - I’m sure I’ll write about my Priesting too, because there were definitely “Glimpses of...
At the entrance of our 'Walking Together Chapel' (previously known as The Emmaus Chapel) we have an artwork entitled Grandmother Moon...
Poetry does it's own talking - no need for a reflection on this! Unfold Your Own Myth by Rumi Who gets up earlyto discover the moment...
Anyone who has heard me talk about my time in Mombasa will have heard me talking repeatedly and excitedly about Matatu. In the...
As well as my expressive visual art practice I like drawing ‘from life’. During my art training it was a requirement to learn...
My golden years of nursing was spent at the Jubilee Hospital on 3-West, the Orthopaedic Unit. We were a team of nurses and allied...
So... When I was younger, way back when, I shared with a Spiritual Director that I was not happy with the direction I had been given by...
In my late teens, when I first encounter the picture of Jesus laughing, aka The Laughing Christ, it was a revelation to me. Up to...
