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; [...]
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; [...]
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 [...]
It is a story to which I return again and again. It is the story I use to demonstrate what I mean by emotion, physicality, and audience showing me meaning in a biblical composition [...]
Jesus, story, and expectations Luke 10:25–37 When we hear stories of Jesus, and parables, the stories he told, we come to those stories with expectations. I like to invite us to [...]
Transfiguration Sunday Reflections What happens on the mountain The first story we heard on Transfiguration Sunday was of Moses coming down from the mountain, his face shining, and the people astonished. We [...]
Reflection for Wesley Uniting Church Jeremiah 17:5–10; Psalm 1; Luke 6:17–26 Blessing. Woe. Judgement? When a prophet, when Jesus, announces blessing and woe, what is really going on? Well, let’s start with [...]
What motivates our engagement in ministry Looking back over my engagement in ministry and church leadership, I can see patterns and threads that weave throughout the different years and contexts. [...]
Reflection on Mark 5:21–43 Phil Ruge-Jones | #EarlySermonSeeds She reached out and touched his cloak. She told her story, and she was healed. This is how Phil Ruge-Jones concisely [...]
the lake doesn't care; and Jesus brings peace to the lake Reflection for Wesley Uniting Church, Refugee Sunday Mark 4:31-35 Richard was friends with a sailor, who spent his lifetime sailing [...]
Reflection for Trinity Sunday Romans 8:12–17 and John 3:1–17 The Dance there’s a dance with no beginning; this dance, it has no end; the dance has no [...]
Reflection for Easter 5 - Wesley Uniting Church Canberra Abide. Most of the meanings of this English word given in my 20 year old Macquarie Dictionary are prefaced with ‘archaic’. [...]
Reflection for Transfiguration Sunday 2 Kings 2:1–12; Mark 9:2–9; Psalm 50:1–6 Sometimes stories come like unexpected guests, a knock on the door, hi! I’ve come to visit – oh, [...]