Being Disciples and Finding Hope
As I write, the US election result looms, and Remembrance Day is near. Anxiety is a common feeling at present in our world. The result of...
As I write, the US election result looms, and Remembrance Day is near. Anxiety is a common feeling at present in our world. The result of...
This week we recall St Simon and St Jude. We really know nothing about them, apart from their listing among the people chosen by Jesus to...
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Hey everyone, Here are some kids resources for families to use during advent (attached): Printable - Jesse Tree colour in ornaments...
I sometimes find that I am bothered by passages of scripture like the midweek Gospel from Luke 12: 39-48. The story speaks of ‘the master...
‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!’ (Matt 23.27-32) This sounds a long way from ‘perfect love.’ But no, perfect love...
September 17 is Hildegard’s liturgical feast day, when we remember this remarkable woman: abbess, artist, author, composer, mystic,...
Luke 11:42-46 is our midweek Gospel reading. But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and herbs of all kinds, and neglect...
"Come to me, all you that are weary and carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me; ......
Then he looked up at his disciples and said: Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. ‘Blessed are you who are...
‘Unless a grain of wheat dies … it remains but a single grain; but if it dies it bears much fruit’ (John 12:24) I have mixed feelings...
I missed Clare of Assisi last week, and that’s a pity. She is a reminder that Jesus draws us to a bigger life, and better way of being,...
Again this week, the mid-week Gospel reading (Matthew 8:23-27), is similar to last Sunday’s Gospel. Jesus and the disciples in a...
Here we are mid-week and we repeat the story from last Sunday! This is Matthew’s second telling of the feeding of the many. Matthew and...
Remembering Mary and Martha is appropriate mid-week. If Sunday is a day of attentiveness ‘choosing the better way,’ then at the midweek...
It’s good to be back from two week’s leave! Preferring not to take public transport I enjoyed listening to the radio along the way. One...
The first of July is a day of great celebration for the church of the Torres Strait. It’s the date of the arrival of Christian...
One of the many joys I find about having grandchildren is that I can again ‘playact;’ I can enter roles that evoke different characters,...
Our family has spent some time in recent years looking into our family tree. We’ve discovered convicts, struggle, success and tragedy....
In the face of current turmoil and just action in relation to black deaths in custody, it helps to recall some history of just action,...