Spirited Empowerment
Reflection for Pilgrim Uniting Church, 28 May 2023 Acts 2:1–21 and the book of Joel Fly to us, Spirit Holy Fill our rooms with sound, with wind, with [...]
spiritual but not
fragile we call to each other fragile we meet fragile breaking, falling apart fragile we stand together fragile strangers fragile humans more human together, fragile opening to Sacred mystery, fragile breaking falling open fragile [...]
Resurrection Life
Reflection for Unley Uniting Church, 21 May 2023 Luke 24:44–53 and Acts 1:1–11 Jesus ascends Why stand you there, looking heavenward? In a cloud he left you, in [...]
A poetic invitation to love
Reflection for Willunga Uniting Church, 14 May 2023 John 14:15–21 to love to love me is to keep my teaching, to ask your teacher, to trust your helper; [...]
The gift of ‘sorry’
A promising start I was with my family – mum, my two sisters, their husbands, and my niece and two nephews. We rocked up at a pub for a meal, no booking, which [...]
Taking good care
Reflection for Clayton-Wesley Uniting Church, 30 April 2023 Psalm 23, John 10, and Acts 2 in conversation with Jane Austen's Emma Divine Care All is ready, the Divine host [...]
Play. Tell. Be. Progress Report
Play. Tell. Be. Exploring authentic leadership and becoming Play. Tell. Be. This is the working title of the the book I am currently writing. A couple of years ago, I reached the [...]
Peace be with you
Reflection for Unley Uniting Church, 16 April 2023 : Easter 2 John 20:19–31 Peace for his disciples 1 The beloved It was strange: before he said peace, before we knew he [...]
We worshipped him, transformed
Reflection for Paracombe Uniting Church, 9 April 2023 : Easter Day Matthew 28:1–10 and Colossians 3:1–4 Women are first to hear the news (Mark and Luke) and/or see (Matthew and John) Jesus resurrected [...]
Called into life
Reflection for Bridgewater Uniting Church, 26 March 2023 : Lent 5 Proverbs 1:20–33 and Luke 8:1–15 If the seed falls on unreceptive ground, it will not live. If the seed falls on [...]
Following the Lilies
Reflection for Athelstone Uniting Church, 19 March 2023 : Lent 4 Abundant life Luke 12:13–21 Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed. One’s life does not consist [...]
Meditations for Lent 3
Reflection for Clayton-Wesley Uniting Church, 12 March 2023 : Lent 3 Meditation 1: Beside Jacob's Well John 4:5–22 By the well of Jacob, Jesus met a woman; by the well of [...]