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; [...]
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 [...]
Guarding our heart’s treasure
Reflection for Athelstone Uniting Church, 26 February 2023 : Lent 1 Matthew 6:19–21 In secret litany based on Matt 6:1–6, 16–21 (Sarah Agnew, Pray the Story) Come into a secret room, [...]
Resolution foolish
Reflection for Brougham Place Uniting Church, 29 January 2023 Micah 6:1–8; Psalm 15; 1 Cor 1:18–31; Matt 5:1–12 Realignments My car service falls due each January. New five years [...]
Advent: practice, play, prayer
Play Jigsaw puzzles are like meditation for me, in a way. They invite a focus on this present image, this present portion of an image. They are about process more [...]
Pray with me, or go deeper?
Pray the Story Podcast is live! Pray with me. Respond to the words of the Bible with poetry, with prayer, with imagination. Each month, audio and text for four new [...]