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This was a paper given at the Carmelite Symposium, May 2017 on acknowledgement of country. I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, the Werrundjuri people of the Kulin nation, and the elders past, … Read More »
Matthew 4:12-23 Do you remember singing the Sunday school song “I will make you fishers of men if you follow me”? Anyone prepared to sing a verse? No? That’s ok. Has anyone really thought about the song and its … Read More »
Baptism of Christ. Jesus is baptized in the Jordan River by John. Davezelenka Matthew 3:13-17 Today we celebrate the baptism of Jesus, the iconic story of incarnation, subservience and mysticism, often reduced to the role of a theological statement about … Read More »
Matthew 24:36-44 Today is Advent Sunday beginning the count down to the coming of Christ in to the world. It is the count down to the beginning of the end to the ruthless power of violence, persecution and isolation presently … Read More »
At the back of the house where we stayed on our break runs a little river. It gurgles and gargles alongside large native trees, over the remnants of such trees laying across it and over little rocky rapids as it makes … Read More »