Greetings … It’s footy final weekend … and whether you are an AFL or NRL supporter the season will finish this weekend with the Grand Final winners revealed.  We all like it when our team wins and all the talk, celebrations and pageantry are focused on this outcome.  Yes, one team will always win, but…

Greetings … Over the last month we have been working through the Season of Creation using a different lens each week.  This coming Sunday the lens we are given is ‘River’ which is not really surprising, as it is World Rivers Day. According to www.worldriversday.com, World Rivers Day is about celebrating the world’s waterways.  The…

Greetings … The following came across my desk this week …           Hate has 4 letters, so does Love.           Enemies has 7 letters, so does Friends.          Lying has 5 letters, so does Truth.          Negative has 8 letters, so does Positive.          Cry has 3 letters, so does Joy.          Anger has 5 letters, so does Happy.         …

Greetings … Faith is important to us but sometimes we find it hard share this with others.  We find it hard to speak about because we worry that we don’t know enough or have the right words to say.  May be we are concerned that others will laugh at us when we share what we…

Greetings … Many things falls on Sunday 3 September … not only is it the first Sunday in Spring, it is also Father’s Day, a Communion Sunday, my nephews birthday and Child Safe Sunday.  Each of these are worth celebrating in their own way.  Spring is a season of hope, renewal and new life.  Communion…

Greetings … If you know me at all you will know that I love words, especially when they are used well.  Words are powerful … they can uplift and encourage as well as exclude and demean … so it is important that we use our words well.  We shouldn’t exclude people by using language they…

Greetings … Mission Aviation Fellowship has been serving isolated people for over 75 years, using aircraft to bring in the essentials of life as well as medical care, emergency food, and Christian hope. According to their website, Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) aims to deliver practical and spiritual care to people in places of deepest human…

Greetings … As I was without a computer for a couple of days this week, I decided to go through some boxes that I’d inherited from my mother when she and dad moved.  I remember her saying “I’ve put some things together that you might find useful” and I dutifully took them and set them…

Greetings … For the last seven months we have been working through the Women’s Lectionary, but during August we are going to focus on a short series called “I’ve been meaning to ask.”  As the logo suggests, this a series focusing on curiosity, courage and connection. Some of the best conversations start with good questions—questions…

Greetings … I was reminded earlier this week that this coming Sunday, July 30, is National Tree Day.  Established in 1996 by Planet Ark, National Tree day has grown in Australia’s largest community tree-planting and nature care event.  Since its inception, National Tree Day has seen 5 million volunteers donate 10 million hours of time…