Column published in last week’s Catholic Weekly. One night recently I was in the city and I looked up at the buildings along the glittering city skyline where I used to work. It seemed like decades ago that it used to be my regular stomping ground. That’s because it WAS two decades ago, in…
Author: Marilyn Rodrigues
I'm a journalist and married mother of five. I live in Sydney.
The Little Book of Anxiety, atheism and faith
Kerri Sackville is an Australian author whose first book, When My Husband Does the Dishes, was a light-hearted look at marriage after children. I read the book after going to a talk she gave as a guest author at my local library a few years ago. She seemed a charming and funny lady in person…
When there’s just too much bad news
Column published in last week’s Catholic Weekly: Last week I think I suffered an overdose of the media. I had a virus of some kind, so stayed at home and spent more time catching up with current affairs and commentary than I normally would. Every time I glanced at my Facebook feed or checked…
Be a more peaceful parent, tap into the peace that only Christ gives
Soon I hope to post some short podcasts here, which I made for The Journey radio program, but in the meantime here’s a transcript of episode six. It’s about tapping into the peace that only Christ gives: “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you. It is not as the world gives that I…
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