On 6 August 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima and then three days later on Nagasaki. As global tensions continue to develop around the world, it seems an apt time to reflect on both the nature of war and the art of peacemaking and what the [...]
We are now in the long stretch of ordinary time in the church year; a time to wrestle with and ask questions about faith and life. I have found myself reflecting a lot on AI recently and in particular the questions it raises for us about what it is to be human, but also [...]
At Pentecost we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit. The story in Acts 2 begins with the Spirit of God coming to rest on each of us and equipping us for ministry. It is a vision of everyone being invited into a life with Christ regardless of gender, class, status, language, cultural or [...]
Reflections on the Easter mystery in the light of science and indigenous wisdom The Christian church has just celebrated Easter. For me the Easter mystery reminds me that everything is in relationship. Relationship is the fundamental essence of the Universe. Beginning with the quantum field at the Big Bang, matter emerged from energy through [...]
We listened to the story once more of Jesus’ journey to the Cross from John’s gospel, a story of betrayal, of denial, of power, of love. Cath reminded us that 'this is still our story today, because it is the story of being human in the world. The possibility for betrayal and denial, violence [...]
Each year when we enter into the season of Easter and tell the story of Jesus journey to the cross and beyond, there’s always a detail that calls me to pay attention to it. In doing so, I usually come to a new or richer understanding. This year it is Holy Saturday. Holy Saturday [...]
We have entered into the season of Lent, the forty days (plus Sundays) that take us on a journey to Easter. It is a time of inner preparation, a season to re-orient ourselves around the things we know to be important in life, but which we struggle to keep focused on. During our Visioning [...]
I recently re-watched Death in Brunswick (ABC iview), a black comedy romance from the 1980s filmed on location in Brunswick and Coburg. It was made at a time when Brunswick was still gritty and among other things highlights the tensions of its migrant populations. It was fun spotting places that were familiar and trying [...]
Blue Christmas The Blue Christmas service was offered to provide a quiet space in the midst of preparations for Christmas. In offering the service for our own personal needs we also acknowledged the pain of the world and in particular the terrorist attack in Sydney on our Jewish neighbours . Christmas [...]
For many of us the lead up to Christmas is a busy time of preparation of food, gifts, family events and end of year functions, winding down to a holiday break. So it is strange to think of Advent as the start of the church year – the beginning of something rather than a [...]