Nordic Storm
Day four of storm, and I have become so used to it that I barely brace for the gusts anymore. They blow around and through…
Travel Stories
A collection of journeys, reflections, and encounters from around the world
Whose (New Zea)land is This Anyway?
The ancient Maori story goes that a boy called Maui, half-man half-god, really wanted to go fishing, so he hid on board his older brothers’…
Hope is a Feathered Thing
The Peace Camp 2016 in Israel-Palestine has come to an end. I am full to the brim with impressions, feelings and learnings that will take…
Jericho Has Not Fallen
During the Peace Camp 2016 in Israel/Palestine, I took a half-day trip to Jericho on a mission to experience this part of the Occupied Territories…
Common Ground
I am lying on the sand and stone of the Judean desert, on top of a foam mattress. It’s too hot to have even the…
What Is Asked Of Me?
As I arrive on the first floor of the retreat centre, a renovated ex-monastery, there is a modern single door to my room on the…
Rubbish Revelations
There is something highly satisfying about collecting rubbish. Litter, trash, garbage, waste, refuse, debris. Stuff people drop on the ground that should go in the…
Consecration
“I am under the earth. It’s dark. I can’t see anything.” Her voice is tentative, not quite scared, but the note of approaching discomfort is…
Shinto Spirit
30 floors up, the view over the Shinjuku district in Tokyo is breathtaking. I am perched in the skies, in a high-rise hotel room, contemplating…
Hiroshima War & Peace
It is raining in Hiroshima. I am walking towards the Peace Park, which is at the hypocentre of where the atomic bomb was dropped over…