Wayside Stories

Dear Inner Circle, There really is a lot of laughter to go around, even in the bleakest of circumstances. Our little chapel gatherings are no

Dear Inner Circle, Ducking into the building this morning, a face not seen for some time blocked my path. An arresting smile met me as

Dear Inner Circle,  There is a myth that time is linear when it tends to hold a far more cyclical, seasonal quality to it. As

Dear Inner Circle, This week it has been hard not to be rendered speechless by the recent images that have returned from thousands of light

Dear Inner Circle, “Rumours of my death have been greatly exaggerated, I’m back baby!” was the jovial morning greeting over breakfast today in our community

Dear Inner Circle, There has been a steady influx of faces, both new and familiar arriving on these cold winter mornings outside our centres. As soon

Dear Inner Circle,  No transformative human moment begins with a predetermined outcome in mind, no matter how much we might wish it were otherwise. Don’t

Dear Inner Circle, One of the markers of “cool” in high school in the 90s was being in a garage band. They weren’t easy to

Dear Inner Circle, It isn’t often that we hand this note over to someone else, but sometimes someone else’s perspective is too good not to share.

Dear Inner Circle, Our words create our worlds, and sadly, the English language can rob us of the richness and depth that our lives are