Acting with Justice

📖( 8 min. read) Donna Nobis Pacem (the Beatitudes, more or less)

January 1987 1,943 words. Despite being written over 30yrs ago it’s a timeless and wise piece about the real relationship between...

🎧(53.30 with ps of 8 mins)Companions of the risen victim: talk to Justice and Peace activists

This begins as an exploration of the Eucharist and develops into an in-depth analysis of the Paschal Mystery, especially examining the...

📖(13 min. read) Notes for CAFOD talk – (Based on Scripture readings for Lent week 3)

Tom’s notes for a CAFOD talk explore how we as individuals and as a parish interact with the world. This is a beautiful reflection for...

📖(12 min. read) Where do you dwell?

The following reflection written after 30 years of Monastic life in one place , Ampleforth Monastery, is based on a re-reading of ideas...

📖(26 min. read) Mersey Reflections - on Faith in the City

Tom was the lead writer in these reflections that were a collaboration among an ecumenical faith group that met at Ince Benet. They were...

📖(26 min read) Presence

Presence is a challenging and radical look at how (and why) as Christians we can understand and respond to current global systems and struct

📖 (21 min. read) The Eucharist and Politics

The Eucharist isn't a Sabbath day escape from the world, it's a communal commitment to concern for humankind and the human condition....

📖 (15 min. read) The Politics of Ownership

Times of Christian renewal have been marked by a willingness to face challenging agendas. In our time, the challenge is posed by the...

Confessions of Another Guilty Bystander

Written at the time of the Greenham Common Women’s protest against nuclear missiles, Tom argues that part of being a follower of Christ I...

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Disciple, Teacher, Priest and Prophet