"Marriage based on love was a new experience in the Georgian era (1714-1830). Prior to this period marriages of the landed gentry were familial contractual arrangements."...
"Even Jesus himself needed the assistance of another as he carried his cross through the streets of Jerusalem. That takes humility." ...
"We have seen so often that the colour of one’s skin or the socioeconomic reality means that there are many men, women and children who are without freedom"...
"The prophetic book of Hosea is about God’s yearning for his wayward people Israel to become faithful to him once again."...
"End of May 2020, I miraculously felt a right I’ve never felt before. The right to dare to say: “I can’t breathe!”."...
"Even as we continue to grapple with the effects of the pandemic and racism, let’s pause to be grateful today."...
"If community is “solitude meeting solitude,” when we come together in this community we are called to ministry....
"One of the difficulties of a casual reading of today’s Gospel passage is that we can see it as placing a choice before us: either following Jesus or loving our parents and children."...