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  1916 Remembered

Apr 22, 2026
This month I have been remembering my mother, Brigid, who was born on April 9, 1916, and thinking about some of the other major events of that year that are still impacting my life today.
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  The Mali Hka Cross

Feb 12, 2026
Our Kachin land, its mountains, land and the rivers face the threat of deforestation, excessive mining and the construction of Myitsone Dam destroying the existing ecosystem and biodiversity in the area.
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  Rediscovering the Lament Psalms

Feb 05, 2026
Recently I came across a talk by scripture scholar Walter Brueggemann on the theme of “Faith in a Time of Disorientation”.
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  “Take nothing”

Feb 05, 2026
I recall my days as a young missionary traveling around the villages that made up the parish of Naililili in the Rewa delta.
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  Let us pray for peace

Dec 22, 2025
Are we so afraid of what the future may hold that we refuse to look for or acknowledge signs of promise or of doom?
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  Thank God for environmental activists and volunteers

Dec 11, 2025
As we read in the reading from the prophet Isaiah 41:13-20, God works through the poor and insignificant, the puny and the least. This may not very encouraging
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  Making the Christmas narrative the centre of our lives

Dec 02, 2025
We have begun Advent, the four weeks dedicated to deepening our faith is the mystery of the God who so loved the world that he sent his only Son to empty himself of his equality with God to be born into our human life
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