by Peter White | Jan 17, 2020
Listening to the gently pattering sounds of raindrops kissing the thousands of thirsting leaves in my dry garden, I feel an upwelling of relief and deep appreciation for this rare cleansing. I take a deep breath and expire the remaining tension of grief and sadness...
by Peter White | Jan 9, 2020
Looking out from my Blue Mountains home west of Sydney, across the vast swathes of eucalypt forest and heath understorey, I feel the ancient landscape’s spacious, timeless presence permeate my mind. Worn by time and water, shaped by life over the many millions of...
by Peter White | Jun 23, 2019
On the 28 May I attended a conference organised by the Uniting Church in North Parramatta around the psychological effects of the threat of the Climate Emergency (CE). It was an innovative, positive gathering of like-minded people concerned about our future and...
by Peter White | May 16, 2019
“There is tremendous longing for the direct experience of God but not certainty. Here is a poet who talks to God while doubting God.” Rainer Maria Rilke was a Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist who wrote exquisite prose of love, life and God. Stephanie is a...
by Peter White | Sep 25, 2017
When I reflect on my life and my world, as wonderful and troubled as it is, I wonder on what motivates people to act in a way that knowingly perpetuates our destructive systems. I look at behaviours that deliberately undermine the ecological and social fabric of our...
by Peter White | Sep 7, 2017
Do you look at the evening news, do you read the FB posts or read the online newspapers or blogs and feel the physical sense of being overwhelmed with fear, despair or trepidation about the state of the world? You know what I mean – that sinking feeling of...
