He’s Just Had Coffee

To my considerable surprise, my church recently decided to nominate me to the priesthood. After a couple of days of turning this around in my head and examining it from a few angles, questioning whether I’m worthy, whether I’m ready, whether I’m the right person for the job, I accepted their decision. Today, our Patriarch, The […]

For anyone wondering what’s got my attention right now, I’ve been collaborating with some local folk to set up a Gnostic community in Sydney as a local branch of the AJC. I’m doing this partly as a component of my Formation work with the church, because if/when I finally become a priest, I’m going to […]

Bartholomew saith unto him: Declare unto us, Lord what sin is heavier than all sins? Jesus saith unto him: Verily I say unto thee that hypocrisy and backbiting is heavier than all sins: for because of them, the prophet said in the psalm, that ‘the ungodly shall not rise in the judgement, neither […]

And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men [ἁλιείς ἀνθρώπων] — Matthew 4:18-19 “Andrew” (Ανδρέας) means “strong” […]

Donald Donato and I have recently agreed to do a little exegetical work on the Twelve Apostles - trying to draw them into a Gnostic frame, so to speak. I’m terrified, Donald is a much better educated gentleman than me, so I’m certain to look like an amateur, but one does what one can… There […]

Fr John on his blog Priestcraft writes: Can we hand over our most painful memories, our worst violations, and our nastiest deeds to God, knowing that all this mess is held in the divine memory, not in accusation or for an accounting of guilt, but in grace and in love? Can we somehow […]

… as they say. I alluded to various things going on in an earlier post and I’ve thought perhaps I should actually put more news up. Heck, anything’s better than no content, right. Besides, we’re all friends here… Just before heading off for the Christmas/New Year break, and after a few email conversations with the Formation […]