Growing into motherhood and the lightness of the work of God

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…

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…