Most days life can be routine, not all that exciting and at times a struggle. I’ve often misunderstood what it means to be joyous, thinking you have to feel in a great mood, or extremely happy about something to express joy. Indeed, if you are blessed to have...
One recent Thursday I woke early as usual and was looking forward to a regular coffee with a couple of spiritual friends. After checking my email, I realized the catch up on that week was cancelled. The level of my disappointment made me realize how much I value and...
Recently I was reflecting on conversations with some supervisees about scripture passages relating to God’s abundance and loving presence in some life situations. This theme comes through in Luke’s Gospel which prompted me to join a reading circle this...
Last week I participated in a spiritual care and supervision conference in Hobart organised by the Tasmanian Association for Supervised Pastoral Education (TASPE). I was drawn to go to the conference to meet the Keynote speaker, Michael Paterson as I’ve...
