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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 »
‘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 »
James Hillman commented when asked about his book, ‘The Terrible Love of War’, that we live in a world where we live in competition with one another. For one to advance, another loses. We are expected to drag … Read More »
Luke 23:13-35 Why church? Why go to church? Why are you here this morning and every other morning? What gets you out of bed and instead of having a lazy breakfast, a potter in the garden or a trip … Read More »
Luke 15:1-32 Driving through south-western Victoria recently, I became aware, in a way I had not been before, of Australia as a fenced country. Ownership of the land is defined and marked out by fences, fences of all types, … Read More »
John 3:1-17/ Romans 8:12-17 Today is indeed Trinity Sunday for us here at St Oswald’s. This Sunday we explore the liturgical festival of the trinity while reflecting on the task of reconciliation, still a work under construction for our country, … 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.’ (John 12:20-33) It was here the storm destroyed the crop. … Read More »
“Being in the know is the booby prize. Being in the mystery is the grand prize”, says quantum physics scientist Fred Alan Wolf. Life is a mystery. What happens next will always surprise us and when we think we have … Read More »
Today we celebrated 100 years of Anglicanism at Tweed Heads at St Cuthberts, and it got me to thinking, what will Anglicanism look like in 100 years time? As I looked around the church, with the exception of the choir … Read More »
This last Sunday we celebrated the dedication of St Jude’s some 146 years. In so doing we celebrated not the building but the community which has worshiped, served and supported one another over that time.St Jude’s has always been committed … Read More »