I think this is Mass for most people, most weekends! Being a Christian can be the easiest thing in the world when your prayer life is good and you’re getting all those warm fuzzies that make loving others and loving God and loving yourself a sinch!...
Read MoreI’ve been to three World Youth Days (WYD), including the Sydney WYD in 2008 where I got to do some really fun stuff with a large wooden cross that Pope John Paul II gave to the youth of the world (have a look here). In some ways, World Youth Day has been a defining aspect of my ministry as a priest...
Read MoreA man’s man thinks for himself, right?
Wrong.
“There is nothing new under the sun,” says the Preacher (Ecclesiastes 1:9). It’s a bit silly to think that anyone can truly ‘do it my way’ – with all due respect to Sinatra...
I go to great lengths to find the best lyrics for a situation I may find myself in. I listen to songs largely for their lyrics rather than the musical arrangement. A band I don’t have to go to heaps of effort to find good lyrics from is Mumford and Sons...
Read MoreFrom what we hear in the media and over social networking, it seems as though religion is no longer needed to answer those big questions of life. Over the last twenty years or so especially, there has developed a scientism that argues that we can only discern the truth through the scientific method...
Read MoreI’m a passionate lover of movies. I love the way a good film can inspire me, show me the world, explore relationships and emotions and entertain me. My ideal flick is a good drama with a realistic and earthy storyline (like Once or Begin Again), a good old-fashioned romance...
Read MoreSo, here goes my first iSTAND blog. I'm excited to be part of this project. I can't claim to be an expert in any sense, but just a brother who is walking the journey of faith in Jesus.
I was having a think of what to write about for my first 'Man Enough' post because, you know, I want my first one to be a really good one so that our readers will like it...
When I was trying to figure out what my first #rawtalk blog post should be about, it didn’t take long to smack me in the face. There’s one thing that everyone seems to be searching for in this life: love. And in essence, that’s what this section will be all about...
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