We exist in a web of relationships. There's no denying that these relationships, especially those that are the most close or meaningful to me, have an impact on the person I am and the person I am continually becoming. No man is an island. I see this dynamic at work when I reflect on how my behaviour may change or adapt depending on the people I'm hanging out with...
Read MoreMy favourite John Legend song is still ‘Ordinary People’. Something about that delicious piano and the undeniably insane voice of John Legend gets me every time, even if it is 10 years old. But his 2013 song ‘All Of Me’ did something totally unprecedented to the whole world...
Read MoreWe here all the time how loving and caring God is. How he wants the best thing for us, but not just for us, for everyone! But how can this be? There is heaps of crazy bad stuff, crazy sad stuff and crazy crazy stuff that happens in our world all the time! So how do we justify that with a loving God?...
Read MoreHave you ever seen someone do something that made you think ‘wow…that’s impressive’…? Not in a showy, look-at-me kind of way, but actually kind of the opposite. Integrity often shows through in simple little actions that you don’t expect that reveal something about the person you maybe didn’t realise was there...
Read MorePerseverance can often be interpreted as a daunting, or perhaps a ‘boring’ word. However, in a world quite obsessed with instant gratification, it may just be one of the most important qualities we can possess...
Read MoreIn the last Veritas blog we looked at what happens if you are praying but you just can’t seem to feel God. But perhaps we should talk about, well, how do you even pray in the first place? Unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be a clearcut option or recipe for prayer...
Read MoreWhen I was a kid, I couldn’t wait to be older. To stay up later; to not go to school; to drive; to be a professional ballerina (despite no formal training), and to travel the world. Ask me on any given day how old I feel, and I’ll probably tell you something around seventeen...
Read MoreAt the end of my last post I described the love of God as given freely, fully, faithfully and fruitfully. These four descriptors of love come from a teaching called the Theology of the Body, a series of talks given by JP2 during his papacy about sex, love, and God. Yes, Popes talk about sex...
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