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Sometimes something happens that seems to fit the situation almost perfectly. During Good Friday we stand with Jesus at his trial and crucifixion, in the midst of the noise and anger of the crowd calling for Barabbas and the conniving … Read More »
‘Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.’ I grew up on a wheat farm. The year … Read More »
John 3:16 is possibly the most quoted Bible verse. It is a wonderful verse. God loves creation so much God joins it as a human being. Amazing. Think about it: the Source of all life, the creator of all things … Read More »
John 2:13-25 Sometime I wish John would resist the temptation to stick his theological head into the story of Jesus he writes. We do not need the little asides and stage directions. It confuses and, worst of all, lets us … Read More »
If ever one thought the Jesus project had anything to do with finding a comfortable place in this world and living out of it, then this passage promises anything but. This coming of Jesus into the world is all about … Read More »
Mark 9:2-10 It is interesting what we remember of events, experiences and the years. Often it is not what we would be expected to remember, what we would think one would remember. An event like the transfiguration is so … Read More »
“In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed. And Simon and his companions hunted for him. When they found him, they said to him, … Read More »
Last week I was a speaker and delegate at an aboriginal conference on treaty and sovereignty in Sydney. I went with both a sense of trepidation and expectation. What happened was not what I expected. What I saw and heard … Read More »
In the lead up to this Australia Day I have noticed some developments and continuances that I was aware of but not with the same intensity as I have this year. A week or so I spoke to a gathering … Read More »
How do we survive as clergy? By the nature of the task and they way we take up positions and the unchallenged expectations of ourselves and others we are isolated and vulnerable able. Having worked corporately and in the Defence … Read More »