Playing well with others
or: with whom have I found encouragement in my humanity? In Play. Tell. Be. Postures for Leading and Living Well, I talk often of the truth that we are fully human [...]
Meet me where you are
A meditation with Jeremiah 1:4–10 Do not say 'I am only a child' ... For the young will dream dreams and see visions to lead the people into [...]
Creative Contemplation. Knitting
A new habit My family call it an obsession. I do bring it with me when I know there will be moments of stillness: while the children are encouraged into bed; while the [...]
A Ministry with Words
Asking for help For twenty years, I have invested significantly of time, energy, money, into my craft, my evolving ministry through words. Story crafting, telling, interpreting, listening. Poetry, liturgy, prayer, song. I spend [...]
The Song we sing
Love is the Song I met with a family recently, to plan the funeral of a loved one. As they spoke with me about the choice of songs to sing, I could hear, [...]
Return to life
Easter Day reflections Pulling the lens wider The resurrection of Jesus is told often with a sense of immediacy – whiz – bang – blinding light and earth-shattering suddenness [...]
Returning. Ash Wednesday
Returning Ash Wednesday Ritual and Reflection By Sarah Agnew, forChrist Church Uniting, Wayville On Kaurna Country, with gratitude and respect. We share in the Uniting Church’s commitment to healing and [...]
Liturgy for the General Secretary
The National Assembly of the Uniting Church in Australia appoints a General Secretary to help facilitate the administration, mission, and governance of the church's national work. My friend, Andrew Johnson, has [...]
Where is Peter?: Palm Sunday reflections
Reflection for Christ Church Uniting, 10 March 2024 with Matthew 16:21–23 and 'Wandering Heart' by A Sanctified Art Through Lent we have been hearing Peter’s story of life with Jesus. And [...]
Faith enough: Lent 4 reflections
Reflection for Christ Church Uniting, 10 March 2024 with Matthew 16:21–23 and 'Wandering Heart' by A Sanctified Art Hesitation Again, we hear from Hannah Garrity: Peter ‘worries about human things. How [...]
Say it clear: Lent 3 reflections
Reflection for Christ Church Uniting, 3 March 2024 with Psalm 19 & Matthew 16:13–20 and 'Wandering Heart' by A Sanctified Art Who others say Jesus is Peter says ‘You are the Messiah. [...]
Meeting Jesus: Lent 1 reflections
Reflection for Christ Church Uniting, 18 February 2024 with Luke (4:38–41), 5:1–11 and 'Wandering Heart' by A Sanctified Art Encounters Through Lent, our congregation is travelling with the disciple, Peter, entering [...]
