Discipleship has layers

Discipleship has layers – 1 Kings 19:19-21, Luke 9:57-62 Are there any Shrek fans here? I find that gospel passages – like the passage in Luke we read today – are like ogres and like onions! Not because they stink. Though it does seem pretty stinky of Jesus to deny Read more…

The grace of God is glue

The grace of God is glue – Luke 8:26-39 and Galatians 3:23-29 Many years ago, I worked at the National Council of Churches in Sydney, and I had a colleague whose husband was an Anglican priest. It was around the time the Sydney Diocese was debating women’s ordination and, courting Read more…

The grace of God is glue

The grace of God is glue – Luke 8:26-39 and Galatians 3:23-29 Many years ago, I worked at the National Council of Churches in Sydney, and I had a colleague whose husband was an Anglican priest. It was around the time the Sydney Diocese was debating women’s ordination and, courting Read more…

God’s Family

The Family of God – Mark 3:20-35 May has been a wild ride, hasn’t it! That’s how I’m describing it in my pastor’s report for the church meeting today! And our Bible readings for May Mission Month have also described episodes in Mark’s gospel that are, in turn, dramatic and Read more…

Lifted Up

4 Feb – Lifting up – 1 Kings 8: 41-43, Mark 1:29-39 There are lots of things mums like for Mother’s Day. Flowers, cups of tea, breakfast in bed, small smudgy handprints on cards, sons willing to do Bible readings! But more than anything we love knowing our children are Read more…

Immediately

I was really struck by the reading Baptist Mission Australia chose for today because it speaks so powerfully about what we are going through right now. It describes a moment of crisis. Jesus calls Simon and Andrew and “immediately” they leave their nets and follow him. James and John, too, Read more…

A Conclave of Comedians

A conclave of comedians – Philippians 1:1-11 This week the news has, naturally, been full of stories about the Pope, and on Tuesday I saw a story about Pope Francis hosting a gathering of comedians at the Vatican last year – a conclave of comedians – 107 comics from 15 Read more…

Choosing Peacemaking 13/04/2025

Choose Peacemaking – John 11:17-44 In chapter 15 of Field Notes for the Wilderness, Sarah Bessey poses the question, “Are we peacemakers or peacekeepers?” Peacekeepers try to keep the peace, quieten things down, smooth things over, keep things as they are. “Peacekeeping,” Bessey writes, “is…a status quo maintainer and sometimes Read more…