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James 3:13-4:3,7-8a Mark 9:30-37 Todays Gospel reading is a challenging reading. On the surface it is simple – be kind to kids because they are wise, smart and need to be listened to. With a little further digging we … Read More »
Mark 8:27-38 Over the last 5 weeks we have been exploring the metaphor of a faith and culture transported to this country from Western Europe in grandma’s beloved pot. Initially we raised the question of how do we contextualise that … Read More »
James 2:1-10, (11-13), 14-17 Mark 7:24-37 In this post we will look at the last of the four focal points in relation to the pot and the plant. Coming to grips with the need to mature both as a nation … Read More »
John 6:56-69 Continuing in our exploration of the pot and the plant and the process to transplant the faith narrative we received from western Europe into the Australian context. Last week we looked at the need to come to … Read More »
At the end of last weeks service, I was challenged by a member of the congregation to take time in the next few weeks to unpack the image of the pot and the plant and what it may look like … Read More »
John 6:35-51 We are at an interesting time in the history of the Australian Church. Much of what we have taken for granted has either been lost or is, at least, being challenged by both modern religious and … Read More »
What an amazing prayer we have before us in Ephesians ? The writer of this letter gives us a wonderful example of how to pray for others to understand the God whom they are infilled with and by. This … Read More »
Paper given at St John’s Cathedral, 15 July, 2018 by Rev’d Glenn Loughrey, Wiradjiru, Artist. © Yuwin ngahdi Glenn Loughrey Ddyiramadilinya badhu wiradjuri I acknowledge the sovereign land on which we meet, the country which gave birth to and continues … Read More »
Mark 6:1-13 Over my holidays I read a lot of books. It is one of the gifts of having time to oneself, to read. It may be unsurprising to those who know me but I read books unrelated to … Read More »
We live in a modern world of the individual where ties have been cut with corporate life. Not corporate in terms of the commercial world, but corporate in terms of community and belonging. No longer are churches, community groups and … Read More »