Published Books

WAYMARKS

for the Celtic Pilgrim Journey:

Meditations and Prayers from Aotearoa New Zealand

“This poetic treasury touches the deep strings of emotion, will long reside in our memories and sustain us in dark times.” Ray Simpson (UK)

Founding Guardian Community of Aidan and Hilda 

Published  29 June 2024

New York

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SLOW WISDOM

A FORGOTTEN VIRTUE

Slow wisdom – a forgotten virtue: The everyday relatedness towards others steeped in restorative grace and justice. Craig Roberts applies an ancient lens of “Slow Wisdom” to the institutional landscape that underpins Aotearoa New Zealand. The poet contemplates the engrained hardness of heart by leaders and their followers which pervades against slow wisdom.

…Out of wounded histories,

fractious neighbourhoods, 

trust restored in fiery places…

Categories: Christian Wisdom Literature / Leadership / Issues and Inspirations

Published 2022

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VOCATION AS RESISTANCE

God moving

through, in, before & beyond us

Our practical accomplishments are called to be sensitive to the presence of the Holy Spirit as inseparable as lungs are to our breath.

The poetic writings of Vocation As Resistance challenges how we live our vocation in day-to-day life. When we follow vocation’s call led by the Holy Spirit it leads us to move through the toughest challenges. We are called to follow the call of an untamed God and transcend our cluttered urban minds, comfortable cultural norms and tamed imaginations. This vocational struggle is the “Celtic challenge of Trasna”. 

Uplifting and provocative.

Categories: Christian Wisdom Literature / Spiritual Growth / The Inner Journey / Celtic

Published 2022

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Serenity

Celtic Poetry to bring you closer to God

“This beautiful collection of poems will invoke Celtic rhythms and journeys that will bring your spirit, soul and mind to a place of intimacy with the Holy Trinity, finding replenishment, reinvigoration, revelation and redemption. Quickly you will experience God’s gift in these poems, as if walking on ancient paths, discovering Him as creator, lover, guide, peace and sanctuary.”

Categories: The Inner Journey / Spiritual Growth / Nature Writing / Celtic

Published 2020

Dublin

THIS CAVE BESIDE ME

Death, how do we avoid your sting?

A Celtic quest of hope against a backdrop of New Zealand rivers and caves. A short tale of a pilgrim facing the “Celtic challenge of Trasna”. What is the Celtic Challenge of Trasna? Trasna is the place of crossing over. The challenge is like entering an unknown cave. Once we choose to enter the challenge is to overcome the inner battle of turning back. A book length poem.

Categories: Christian Wisdom Literature / Christian Spiritual Growth / Nature Writing

Published 2022