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The Power of Shoes
I recently bought a pair of shoes. I sort of needed them… ?, and I will wear them a lot, cos they’re great, but they serve a different purpose, in reality. I was in an "artistic low" moment… I am not sure I believe that artists have...
The Smell of Green Grass
Yesterday I learned a new skill: grass trimming! I not only got the lawn mowed and looking great, but felt accomplished and pleased with myself for this important new learning curve :)! It is the little things in life. I love the order. Whoever has seen my office and...
The Little Things in life
I had the foot massage of a lifetime this week – life saving between flights, when for some reason I got off a 4 ½ hour flight with unbelievably swollen ankles and legs, with only 2 hours before another flight, this time of 8 hours. So I did what I have never done...
Si Dios quiere…
Today, in Spain, the funeral of the most influential person in my spirituality and vocation took place: Jaime Bonet Bonet, the founder of the Verbum Dei Community; which I belong to since 1984 He had been unwell, on and off, for a while, so in one way it was no...
Song Unfinished
This is long overdue. I usually send a new year’s message to those of you who are part of my world but just a bit out of reach. Well new year has passed, and we’re approaching the start of semester here. It is now or never before the madness of another academic year...
In the Lord, Michael Paul Gallagher
It is a grey day – the sometimes-fickle Irish weather knows its place. With a mixture of sadness and deep gratitude, I say goodbye to one of the people who has most influenced my life and thought: Irish Jesuit Michael Paul...
On a personal note…
Today’s blog is a personal one. Forgive me if you will. But there is value in sharing that which moves us most. Many years ago I understood that when something touched and gave me life, it was precisely that which would give others life, if I was generous enough to...
Random or planned? Reflections…
Being a missionary can feel a bit random, at times... as if Someone else rather than you holds the thread of who you are and where you land. And that’s ok – the way it is meant to be, no doubt – a tiny taste of the life of the One who did not have a place to...
Colour My World Beautiful
This post will have a lot of photos and some music - if only because I don't think I have ever been so photographed as during these past two weeks - and each and every person with whom those photos were taken has in one way or another left a mark. For those who were...
Coming up: my first visit to the Philippines
Very much looking forward to two concerts: For You, for Them, in Manila and Break the Crystal Frame, in Cebu, as well as a conference on The Word Made Song: Music in Evangelization ...