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 [...]
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 [...]
while the jacarandas burst
jacarandas shout rebirth! life turns out of winter sleep; yet, spring’s unseasonal storms wash purple tears in torrents a brother, all of a sudden; a mother, cancer let go at last the trees and [...]
Space for your story
Turning up I turn up. I make time, I open a Zoom chat, come to your home, welcome you to mine, or meet you in another warm, inviting, environment. When I turn up, [...]
Jesus welcomes children
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 [...]
Unexpected Neighbours
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 [...]
Happy Birthday Uniting Church!
Celebrating our living of God's dream On Sunday, the children and I wove scarves together in an illustration of the gift the Uniting Church is to us, in honour of [...]
God’s Dream: to be one is to be diverse
Pentecost reflection But first, the prayers Call to Worship & Commissioning Invocation Prayer of our humanity Genesis 11:1–9 (with Romans 8:14–17 and Acts 2:1–21) [...]