Minister's musings(posts)
2021, 23rd May
Greetings … National Reconciliation Week is upon us again. According to the Reconciliation Australia website (www.reconciliation.org.au) the week is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories,…
2021, 9th May
Greetings … Psalm 98, the psalm for this Sunday, opens with the following words: O sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvellous things. Throughout…
2021, 2nd May
Our gospel reading for this coming Sunday comes from John 15:1-8. This is the passage that contains the last ‘I am’ statement of Jesus. ‘I am the true vine’ is…
2021, 25th April
Greetings … It seems impossible to not mention the fact that this coming Sunday is Anzac Day, a day of special significance in Australia and New Zealand. While Anzac Day…
2021, 18th April
Today’s Gospel reading, from Luke 24: 36b-48 ends with the words: You’re the witnesses!! For Luke, to fulfil the hope of the resurrection is to tell the story of Jesus…
2021, 4th April
Easter Greetings …Writing in the middle of Holy Week I am mindful of the desire to rush towards Sunday and the resurrection, for it is a much easier place to…
2021, 28th March
Greetings … As we approach Palm Sunday and Jesus is welcomed into Jerusalem, I have been thinking about how it is that I welcome Jesus, and how that welcome is…
2021, 21st March
Greetings … As members of the Uniting Church we are called to walk together as First and Second Peoples envisaging a future which includes all of us. As one of…
2021, 14th March
Greetings …What does the world sound like?According to an article I read recently, written by Claire Asher, climate change is impacting the way that the world sounds. To quote a…
2021, 7th March
Greetings … Last week I gave a bit of an explanation about Synod Council and the Meeting of that Council which I attended from Friday to Sunday. While I missed…