Posts by Rose Kentwell
2019, 7th July
“I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”…
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Greetings, My parents have recently decided to downsize from their home and move into a smaller unit in a retirement village. In some ways this couldn’t have come soon enough,…
Read More2019, 23rd June
Greetings, “The Answer to the Great Question … Of Life, the Universe and Everything … Is … Forty-two,’ said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm.” Deep Thought is the…
Read More2018, 7th October
SETTING A FUTURE COURSE FOR KOONUNG HEIGHTS Dear friends, With David Carter’s retirement, our congregation is once again asked by Presbytery and Synod to consider our future ministry needs. A key…
Read MoreWrestling with Grace by Robert Corin Morris
The sub-title of this worthwhile book is “A spirituality for the rough edges of daily life.” It is very down to earth and particularly addresses the issues that get in…
Read MoreCardinal by Louise Milligan
NEW BOOK IN RESOURCE CENTRE A couple of months ago ABC journalist, Louise Milligan published “Cardinal” an investigation into the sad-and-sorry story of child abuse by some Catholic clergy. Particularly it…
Read MoreThe Fourth Gospel, tales of a Jewish mystic by John Shelby Spong
Dear friends in Christ, The Gospel of John was once described as a waterhole that elephants can swim in, and paddling pool for little children. During Lent the gospel readings are drawn…
Read MoreThe Inner Voice of Love by Henri J.M.Nouwen
This is the very personal account of a time of difficulty and struggle in Nouwen’s life. Each short passage is thought provoking and suggests to the reader a way of…
Read MoreThe Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
David suggested last Sunday that we might enjoy reading C.S.Lewis’s ‘Screwtape Letters’ (which are in the Church library). I first heard this read aloud at a Fellowship Group in Bristol England,…
Read MoreSanctuary of the Soul by Richard J. Foster.
This book is sub-titled “Journey into meditative prayer”. Foster writes of his own experiences and of some possible techniques for praying using Christian mediation – silence, solitude and a desire…
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