The song your ancestors taught you
Reflection for Pilgrim Uniting Church, 9 July 2023 an adaptation of Matthew 11:16–19, 25–30 by Sarah Agnew for worship in NAIDOC week What if it happened today? What if it happened like this, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
For the whole of you
Minister's reply: Closure of Ministry Service We recently held the service to close my ministry with Wesley Uniting Church, Canberra. As part of these services in the Uniting Church, [...]
Inviting kin to come home
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. [...]
Heaven is not the goal
life on earth as it is in heaven Reflection for a funeral Colossians 3:12–17 As a general rule, Estelle B did not engage in the scandalous practice of marking the pages [...]
The lake is always bigger
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 [...]
Our inheritance: cherish with use
Reflection on Exodus 20:1–17 Ten Commandments. Ten, among over a hundred scattered through the Torah – in the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. Which are the most important? Which underpin the [...]
