027 :
25 Mar 2007

Look to the future and don't wallow in the past... In our upside-down-world Alan Simpson concludes his series of gentle reflections on the Sunday readings during Lent with this bobby dazzler! Enjoy... [more]

025 :
18 Mar 2007

The tale of the Prodigal... Alan Simpson takes us on a gentler meander through today's Gospel reading and poses a few questions about our own behaviours. [more]

005 :
11 Mar 2007

Don't look back... Both in the lead commentaries and in the forum in recent day we've had much discussion on today's Gospel reading about the Parable of the Barren Fig Tree. In his commentary today, Alan takes a different tack and concentrates on the Epistle and its message. [more]

004 :
04 Mar 2007

Overcoming our fear of the dark... Alan Simpson, thinks it's "a shame, really, that so often our very human forms of artificial 'enlightenment' obscure our vision of what God gives to us. Do we see only what we allow ourselves to see?" [more]

003 :
25 Feb 2007

What does this mean: "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved"? From the other side of the Pacific, and taking a break from growing grass on his ranch in Texas, Alan Simpson, is joining us with a series of gentle reflections on the Sunday readings during Lent. In his first contribution, Alan reflects on the meaning in "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." [more]

001 :
05 Oct 2006

Sloth: the easiest of the Seven Deadlies – it requires no effort, no thought, no intent! And now from another voice from around the other side of the world: Alan Simpson has done a lot of theological study in his time but has now retired to grow grass for cows, goats and sheep on a ranch in Texas. He argues in a delightfully whimsical commentary that sloth is probably the easiest of the Seven Deadlies. It requires no effort, no thought, no intent. Sloth happens. Can we do anything about it? Probably not. Besides, nobody cares if we sleep through the homily — as long as we don't snore! [more]