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Tag Archives: Merton

Art and Identity – Canvas As Country

29 May

Matthew 28:16-20 // Today is the Sunday closest to Ascension Day and also National Reconciliation Sunday. An interesting juxtaposition maybe, but one I would suggest, poses some interesting questions for us individually, as a church and as a society. Colonisation … Read More »

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On The Mountain Top

27 Feb

Matthew 17:1-9 When I was growing up on the farm I learnt early that various farmers had daily practices that they did regardless of what was happening around them. I also understood that while these practices were not the practice … Read More »

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Violence and Sanity

29 Mar

John 18:1 – 19:42 Lopping trees was a daily task my father did to feed his sheep. He didn’t use grain but used the resources of the box, mountain oak or kurrajong to sustain his stock through hard times, or … Read More »

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Peace Is Our Responsibility

7 Dec

Luke 3:1-6   In 1962 Thomas Merton wrote the following an an essay in the Commonweal journal entitled ‘Nuclear War and the Christian”:  “We are no longer living in a Christian world……..Today a non-Christian world still retains a few vestiges … Read More »

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Do We Need Saints Today?

2 Nov

Sunday was All Saints Day, the day we remember those who are no longer with us and whom we remember for that which they shared with us. In the Christian mind we particularly think of those who have been designated … Read More »

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Speaking from Exile

14 Sep

He was in his early teens. A fine looking young man struggling to find his way in a white world, often accused of crimes he had not committed, we worked together to overcome the injustices that came his way. When … Read More »

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Pentecost – Being Christ in the World.

25 May

John 15:26 – 16:15     Today is Pentecost Sunday, the day of the breaking in and breaking out of the Spirit in the lives of all who live a life of love and compassion in Christ. To be en … Read More »

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Jesus, Merton & Non-Violence – A Palm Sunday Reflection

1 Apr

(Mark 15:9-47) James Hillman, a archetypal psychologist, wrote a book called ‘The Terrible Love of War’, exploring humanity’s simultaneous attraction and aversion to war. The chapters of his book have the following titles: ‘War is Normal’, ‘War is Inhuman’, ‘War … Read More »

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What A Waste of Time

18 Apr

“It was a waste of time, but I will do it again.” Eden had just spent three days on a silent retreat. No technology. No needless talking.  Early to bed, early to rise. Spiritual direction. Group sesions three times a … Read More »

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Thomas Merton: Innocent, Playful, Learner, Teacher!

25 Jun

Over the last two and a half weeks I have been immersed in the life, work and writings of Thomas Merton, American Trappist monk who died tragically in 1968 aged 52. You may ask the question why and it would … Read More »

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