When I Became the Institution: Sitting Beside a Residential School Survivor. A reflection from an Anglican Ordained Missioner

Property is Theft: A Contemplative Reflection on the Lectionary Gospel of Mt 21:33-46 for the 19th Sunday after Pentecost and 18th after Trinity Sunday, Proper 27.

Living contemplatively in the constant context of violence

The God who will not be Controlled. A Contemplative Reflection on the Lectionary Gospel of Matthew 21:23-32 of the 18th Sunday after Pentecost, 17th after Trinity & Proper 26.

The Great Disconnect & the Challenging Resistance of the Immanent Frame: Charles Taylor’s Wisdom and its Implication for Contemporary Mission

The Scandal of the Restorative Purposes of God: A Contemplative Reflection of Matthew 20:1-16 for the 17th Sunday after Pentecost, 16th after Trinity and Proper 25.

Church Planting and Why its Not Contextual Mission, Two Different Ways of Imagining Mission & New Christian Communities

The Mercy We Receive & The Mercy We Release: A Guided Contemplative Practice

When We Stop Keeping the Score, Learning to Live from Mercy: A Contemplative Refection on the Lectionary Gospel Text of Mt 18:21-35 for 16th Sunday after Pentecost, 15th after Trinity, and Proper 24

The Sacred Work of Reconciliation: A Contemplative Reflection and Homily on the Lectionary Gospel Text of Matthew 18: 15-20 for the 15th Sunday after Pentecost and 14th Sunday after Trinity and Proper

Life is not about making yourself up. A contemplative refection on Matthew 16:21-28 for the 14th Sunday after Pentecost & 13th after Trinity & Proper 22

Who do you say I am? A Contemplative Reflection on Matthew 16:13-20, the Lectionary Gospel for the 13th Sunday after Pentecost, 12th after Trinity and Proper 21.

God's Missional Love Beyond Our Boundaries, A Contemplative Reflection on the Lectionary Text of Mt 15:(10-20), 21-28 for the 12th Sunday After Pentecost, 11th After Trinity and Proper 20

Beyond An Obsession with Outreach: Why the Renewal of the Church Requires Contextual Mission

Guided Contemplative Practice: I Am, Do not be Afraid, inspired by Matthew 14:22-33.

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The Harvest is Plentiful: Why Commissioned Lay Missioners Matter

When Grace Crosses the Border: a Reflection on Gen 32:22-31, Rom 9:1-5 and Mt 14:13-21 for 10th Sunday after Pentecost 9th after Trinity, Proper 18.

Becoming the Church God Sends: A Mixed Ecology Parish with a Contextual Mission Project and Missioner. My homily to St James Anglican Church Dundas, Ontario, and the calling to join God in the sowing.

The Hidden Kin-dom Revolution of God That Is Among Us: A Contemplative Reflection of the Gospel text of Mt 13:31-33, 44-52 for the 9th Sunday after Pentecost, 8th after Trinity & Proper 17.

What is the Soul & Why De We Yearn for Soul Friends?

Living with the Wheat and the Weeds Within Us: A Contemplative, Reflection on the Gospel Text of Matt 13:24-30, 36-43 for 6th Sunday after Pentecost 5th after Trinity and Proper 16

Guided Contemplative Practice: The Ever Loving Sower drawing on Matthew 13:1-9

A Contemplative Interpretation of the Parable of the Sower, Matt 13:1–9 for the 7th Sunday after Pentecost, 6th after Trinity and Proper 15

Two Years Remembrance of my Mum, 3rd July.

Come to Me: A Guided Contemplative Practice based on Matt 11:28-30.

Come to Me: Recovering Humble Kindness instead of Violence, a Contemplative Reflection on the Lectionary Gospel for Matt 11:16-19,25-30 for 6th Sun after Pentecost, 5th Sun after Trinity & Prop 14.

The Call to Radical Hospitality: A Contemplative Reflection of the Lectionary Gospel text of Matt 10:40-42 for 5th Sunday after Pentecost, 4th after Trinity, Proper 13.

Halfway Around the Sun: The Summer Solstice, Cosmic Wonder, and the Hidden Christ.

Contemplative Prayer Practice focusing on Trust, drawing on Rinehold Niebuhr's full Serenity Prayer and Matthew 10:24-39

The God Who Gazes Back: Contemplating the Trinity Contrasting Rublev's and Radcliffe's Ikons

Desert Spirituality IV: Amma Syncletica and the Healing Wisdom of the Desert

A Contemplative Practice Drawing on the Compassion of God & Jesus's Radical Missional Tenderness in Matthew 9:35-10:8 for 3rd Sunday after Pentecost, 2nd Sunday after Trinity, Proper 11

The Compassion of God & Jesus's Radical Missional Tenderness, A Contemplative Reflection of the Lectionary Gospel Matthew 9:35-10:8 for 3rd Sunday after Pentecost, 2nd Sunday after Trinity & Proper 11

The Trinity in Love and Rupture: From Rublev’s Stillness to Francis Bacon’s Cry at the Cross

Abide in Love: The Joy of Remaining in Christ A Contemplative Reflection on John 15:9-11 in the Season of Trinity

Eleos and Mercy at the Heart of God: A Contemplative Reflection on the Lectionary Gospel Text of Matthew 9:9-13,18-26. On 2nd Sunday after Pentecost and 1st Sunday after Trinity and Proper 10.

The Broken Dance and the Holy Communion: Rublev, Picasso, and the Search for God in a Fractured World

The Dance of Divine Love: A Contemplative Practice for Trinity Sunday and Season of Trinity

The Dance of Divine Love: The Triune God, Perichoresis, Missio Dei & Theosis

A contemplative reflection on the lectionary text of Matthew 28:16-20 for Trinity Sunday on 31st May 2026.

The Castle Within: Teresa of Avila and the Contemplative Journey (Theosis) into God

Contemplative Practice for Pentecost drawing on the Lectionary Texts of Acts 2:1-21 and John 20:19-23

The Breath of God and the Fire of Love: A Contemplative Reflection on Pentecost drawing on the Lectionary Texts of Acts 2:1-21 and John 20:19-23

The Idol of Power and the God of Love

The Empire of Dirt: Johnny Cash, Contemplation, and the Ache of Being Human

Easter Week 7: 17-23rd May: Reflection: Living as Resurrection People (Acts 1:12–14; Acts 2:1–4)

Closer Than We Dare to Imagine - Glory, Presence, and the Prayer of Jesus: A Contemplative Reflection on the Lectionary Text of John 17:1-11 for Ascension Day or the 7th Sunday of Easter, 17th May'26

Book: The Seeking Heart A Contemplative Approach to Mission & Pioneering