Advent Greetings … It is not often that I hear of miracles happening today.  We celebrate when good things happen, but often put it down to scientific advances, our good decision-making abilities, or simply ‘being in the right place at the right time’.  I actually think there are many miracles that still happen each day…

Advent Greetings … As we gather this Sunday we begin our Advent journey, a journey which will ultimately find us at the manger in Bethlehem, rejoicing in the birth of a small baby.  But we are not there yet, and the journey isn’t always straightforward.  Particularly this year, some of us might feel the heaviness…

Greetings … As we gather and worship this Sunday we will celebrate Reign of Christ, the last week in the liturgical cycle.  This is a week that reminds us of the way that Jesus’ life, death and resurrection, when held together, disrupt and say ‘no’ to the wordly powers of death.  Christ reigns and our…

Greetings …We Belong to the Day, taken from 1 Thessalonians 5:8, is the theme for the 2023 Meeting of the Synod of Victoria and Tasmania which will take place at Box Hill town Hall from 18 to 21 November this year.Synod members are made up of lay and ordained people from the Unting Church with…

Greetings … On Saturday 11 November, like every year, there will be gatherings in communities all around the nation, in sacred spaces and around memorials, where people come together to remember the cost of conflict.  And as we gather to remember, we accept that we all contribute to a world in which conflict, even today,…

Greetings … In early October we were blessed to see new life emerge in our front garden.  Just outside our loungeroom window we have a large camelia bush and, to our surprise, a nest had been built in it.  We watched over a couple of weeks while the mother bird sat on her eggs.  We…

Greetings … Most people in the world, myself included, end up leaving the place where they grew up, maybe moving to a new town to study, work or settle.  Yet for some, moving way from their home is not really a choice, with many finding it too difficult or dangerous to stay in their own…

Greetings … Tuesday 24 October marks the anniversary of United Nations, an international organisation founded in 1945.  Having grown from an initial 51 Member States, the UN is currently made up of 193 Member States, and it has evolved to keep pace with the rapidly changing word.  But, according to the UN website, even with…

Greetings … Sunday 15 October is the International Day of Rural Women.  It’s dedicated to millions of women all over the world living in remote, rural place.  It celebrates their achievements and contributions, and the reflection below was written particularly for this day. Today the world celebrates you.You whose voice is almost silent.You who the…

Greetings … As I sat down at my desk Monday morning and turned the calendar to October,  I was greeted with this verse from Isaiah 43:19 on my calendar … I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and…