Minister’s Musings

Greetings, During our journey through Lent and Holy Week, we have experienced a myriad of emotions.  After the grief of Good Friday and the emptiness of Saturday, we found hope…

Greetings, During this Lenten Season we have been Meeting God in the midst of extremes.  In this journey we have been reminded of how Jesus’ ministry disrupted the established social,…

Greetings, A Franciscan blessing came across my emails this week.  It’s a beautiful but challenging prayer that invites us to recognise the cost of following Jesus to Jerusalem.  Jesus’ donkey…

Greetings, As I sit at my desk and wonder how I am going to manage the competing demands of the next few weeks, I look across at my desk calendar…

Greetings, It was wonderful to worship together as a new community last week.  There was a buzz in the air and a positive energy around the place.  Yet in the…

Greetings … … and welcome to the first edition of the Koonung Heights – Surrey Hills Uniting Church Community News.  My thanks to the new team who will bring us…

Greetings … I have been pondering what to write in my final Minister’s Greeting for the Koonung Heights Community News.  I have said a lot in this space and as…

Greetings …We have entered the season of Lent for another year, coming together on Ash Wednesday, to reflect Jesus setting his face towards Jerusalem, and his followers’intentions and actions. As…

Greetings … This coming Sunday is Transfiguration of Jesus Sunday – the day when Jesus’ personal appearance was changed into a glorified form which showed something more than the disciples…

Greetings … Lent, the forty day period of preparation for Easter, will soon be upon us again.  This period echoes the forty days that Jesus spent fasting in the desert…