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Returning to Our Roots - Richard Rohr

During The Future of Christianity online summit, Father Richard spoke about discovering wisdom for Christianity’s future through the...

Chew The Fat With The Friar - The Enneagram

I have found the Enneagram to be a great resource in helping me find and unlock myself, from the what Brennan Manning, called 'The...

Thoughts From Abba's Place

In my cell. man cave, garage room, I have been looking over some old photos of being a Franciscan friar, pastor, nomadic Roaming...

Chew The Fat With The Friar! The Binary Tree Story.

The Binary Tree Story. And God said, “You can eat of fruit of any tree in the garden but not the Binary tree. If you eat the fruit of the...

Chew The Fat With The Friar! Extinguished Lights.

I recently visited St Anthony of Padua church in Rye, East Sussex. This was one of my first parishes when I was part of the OFM...

Chew The Fat With The Friar! My Take on The Recent Baptism Farce!

The Baptism Farce There has been a lot of talk around the recent nonsense of a Bishop telling a priest that as he had used the wrong...

Chew The Fat With The Friar! Who Cares?

In the present Pandemic, I have been wondering about the world and how we interact with each other, especially how we care for each...

Chew The Fat With The Friar! Why do I bless Gay Marriages?

I have often been asked why I bless gay marriages, so here follows some of my reasoning. I think I need to say at the outstart, that I...

Chew The Fat With The Friar! Is the Church misogynistic and bigoted?

I fear the Church has for too long been both, misogynistic and bigoted! I also fear it still has a long way to go before we see an end to...

Chew The Fat With The Friar! Franciscans And Evangelical Poverty.

All Franciscans follow evangelical poverty. Why would you choose (or take a vow of) poverty? I have been asked that at different times...