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If you could wish for anything – what would you wish for? Did you ever think about this? I did when I was a child. I remember thinking that of course I would wish for more wishes… and a horse! I really wanted a horse! And I loved the story Read more…

11 August 2025 – The voice of Bathsheba – 2 Samuel 11:26-12:13a Our reading today is part two of the story we heard two weeks ago – of how David became so acclimatised to being king that he became the kind of king the prophet Samuel had warned the people Read more…

There are several stories in the New Testament about Jesus’ disciples being caught in storms on lakes. Journeys by boat – any kind of journey – have always been perilous. But in the Australian mindset, we are positioned on the land. “We will decide who comes to this country and Read more…

It feels like a while since I read – in full – story of David and Goliath. (And in case you’re thinking I chose this passage deliberately at this moment when we are in a David and Goliath struggle with the Association, can I say – no – it is Read more…

1 Samuel chapter 8 and following chapters are some of the most anti-monarchist passages in The Old Testament. It wasn’t until late in the week – when it was too late to change the readings – that I realised the irony of preaching this passage on the eve of King Read more…

Over the last four weeks we’ve explored the Baptist Mission Australia theme of ‘Mending’. We heard Beth Jackson speak about that beautiful Christmas tree ornament and God’s ‘renewing’. On Mother’s Day I spoke about ‘relating’; how God’s love is a love that urges us to live bigger, shine brighter and Read more…

I came across an article this week titled, “Where we sit in church says a lot about us.” The author comes clean. “I am”, he says, “a lifelong and perpetual Right Sider. I have tried now and then to sit with friends on the Left Side, but the experience left Read more…

Safe as houses! That’s what we say, isn’t it! Here at the start of 2 Samuel 7, David is feeling safe as houses. He has, as we mentioned last week, been declared king over all Israel, he has captured Jerusalem and made it his capital, he has acquired more concubines Read more…

Our reading today is a strange story! On the whole it describes a joyous occasion – David dancing before the Lord with all his might! But there are awkward interjections – the death of Uzzah while steadying the ark and the contempt of Michal, David’s first wife, expressed at the Read more…

Acknowledgement Yuma – Welcome! As this is the start of NAIDOC Week, I want to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land we are meeting on, the Ngunnawal people and other families and groups with connections to this land. We give thanks for their ongoing culture and the contribution they Read more…