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(Matthew 3:13–17) Jesus walks not from heaven but from home, dust on his feet, questions warm in his chest, the slow ache of becoming still unnamed. He comes without spectacle, without certainty, without script or halo, stepping toward water that … Read More »
35 In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed. This morning’s gospel is often spoken of in a number of popular ways: … Read More »
An Australian Nativity 2019 Away in the forest no cot for a bed, Jesus laid down his sing’d head The Stars in the night sky were hidden by smoke The little boy Jesus was crying where he lay. The … Read More »
Matthew 2:13-23 This Christmas I have been contemplating the world in which we live, a world in which most of us live somewhere other than where we were born. It is a world my parents found hard to understand. They … Read More »
Luke 18:9-14 “Paul Tillich, commenting on the Apostle Paul’s assertion that the gospel is a stumbling block, once said that the danger is stumbling over the wrong thing.” (David Lose) In the last couple of weeks we in the Anglican … Read More »
John 21:1-19 One has to feel for Peter in today’s gospel reading. What with all he has been through in the last few days, the betrayal of Jesus, his failures to live up to his boasting, the empty tomb and … Read More »
John 20:19-31 Today’s Gospel recounts the story of Thomas, known popularly, although not accurately, as Doubting Thomas and his encounter with Jesus. Whatever the origins of this story, it is both a challenging and hopeful one, one which asks some … Read More »
Maundy Thursday is a day of turmoil. We are confronted with the stark reality of Jesus’ betrayal set against the act of love and remembrance Jesus leaves his disciples with – washing their feet and instituting what we now celebrate … Read More »
John 12:1-11 Today’s Gospel reading provides us a number of different options. We could go with the traditional reading of this passage and celebrate the spiritual insight of Mary into the future destiny of Jesus, we could discuss the seemingly … Read More »
Luke 15:11-32 Today we have the Parable of the Prodigal Son as it is traditionally known. The story of a wayward and self-centred young man who takes all that is his and leaves the family home and strides off into … Read More »