The light of the world

There are times in life when you really need a light. Driving home from Brisbane through last nightโ€™s intense rainstorms, as an east coast low sat stationery over the central coast, I was increasingly grateful for my own carโ€™s headlights, the hazard lights of other cars, and those little โ€œcatโ€™s eyesโ€ embedded in the motorway, as …

Light of the world

Have you ever been in a light-filled space, and suddenly youโ€™re plunged into darkness? Or youโ€™ve been out driving in a thunderstorm when the traffic signals fail?ย It can be frustrating; it can be frightening; it can quickly lead to chaos. Without light, Gerard Manley Hopkins would never have uttered those immortal words, โ€œGlory be to …