Deuteronomy 34:1-12 A few weeks ago I said that I identify with Moses. That like Moses I tried making excuses when God called me. I mentioned that I had a stole made which was presented to me at my ordination that had an image of the burning bush on it. Well here at the end […]
Exodus 32:1-14 Only last week we read the Ten Commandments or the Ten Best Ways to live and I ended my reflection with a question: I wonder if there are deities or idols that led us to misrecognize God and one another? Despite the fact that God told the Israelite people that they were to: […]
Exodus 3:1-15 This week we continue the story of Moses with the famous story of Moses and the burning bush. This story has been told in many ways over the years including the 1956 film The Ten Commandments produced, directed, and narrated by Cecil B. DeMille and staring Charlton Heston as Moses. For younger generations […]
We are registered as a Covid-safe workplace. The Donald Rickard Hall is able to be used following approval of a Covid-safe plan. Groups of up to 32 people may use the hall, provided they observe social distancing and practice good hygiene, including hand washing. There are other requirements set out in our Covid-safe plan, so […]
You have probably heard of middle child syndrome. Middle child syndrome is the belief that middle children are excluded, ignored, or even outright neglected because of their birth order. I wonder if Isaac would consider himself a victim of ‘middle child syndrome’ or maybe more accurately middle forefathers syndrome? Isaac is the second of the […]
Rev Tammy Hollands This Sunday is Trinity Sunday or as I like to refer to “heresy Sunday”. It is unusual when compared to other days in the Christian calendar as it is the only day church celebrates a doctrine not an event or a person. And what a doctrine! There are multiple analogies to try […]
Why can’t you always be good?” These were my words, a few years back, directed at one of my children after they did or said something particularly helpful or nice. I don’t remember the details of what made me say it but I do remember the response. “I try to be good all the time, […]
1. Until I am seen, I do not exist! Peter Senge and his colleagues in their book, The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies and Tools for Building a Learning Organisation, write that the common greeting for “hello” used by tribes in northern Natal in South Africa is the expression: Sawu bona, “I see you”. If […]
Do you know where you are going?Contemplative Spirituality, combining spiritual maturity and cultural consciousnessBy Joan Chittister (Adapted version) Joan Chittister, a Benedictine nun, seeks to revitalise faith as spiritual maturity that grows in cultural consciousness, by connecting with people in their experiences; that is inspired by holiness which then seeks to share that energy by […]
IntroductionImprisoned in Herod’s fortress John the Baptist now faces his own wilderness. Last week we read that this wild prophet supported people in their wilderness, providing water of renewal. Clear-sighted and confident, John had then announced God’s entering the world. Now, in prison, some time later, having heard of “the deeds of the Christ”, John […]