Minister’s Musings

Greetings …                      The tree by my swing                      Has green buds in spring                      In summer it shades me                      Cool from hot sun                      Autumn sets my tree…

Greetings …Things don’t always go the way you intended do they! No matter how careful you are with planning some things, disruptions come along that you couldn’t foresee and are…

DID YOU. HAVE A DESK WHEN YOU BEGAN SCHOOL? My Mum, Marguerite McDonald began school in 1915 at Creswick No 122 in a school which had been built by Anthony…

Greetings … Do you remember knitting a climate scarf last year?  Well, if you did, this cold weather is a perfect time to get it out again, wear it and…

Greetings … This coming week the Uniting Church will celebrate its 45th birthday.  This is significant and the time which defines the onset of middle age.  Maybe it should be…

Greetings … … and happy Trinity Sunday.  Trinity Sunday is celebrated on first Sunday after Pentecost, which is the 50th day after Easter, and celebrates the mystery of faith and…

Greetings,We saw the star in the East, and we came to worship’ (Matthew 2:2).This verse is the chosen text for this year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, celebrated in…

This week I have been thinking about peace … or the seeming lack of it as I look around.  Images of war and death are punctuated by those of election…

Greetings, Last weekend Kathryn and I were privileged to attend the 16th National Assembly of the Uniting Church.  The theme, Dwelling in Love, reminds us that we are all beloved…

Greetings, I wonder what you do when you have trouble falling asleep at night or when you wake up early in the morning and can’t go back to sleep easily?…