Greetings … the glory of God is marvellous in the miniscule as well as the amazing – and it’s sometimes in the common things that God’s radiance is most clearly seen. This message is what greeted me when I opened my daily desk calendar this morning, and I found that it was a refreshing and…

Greetings … I was recently lucky enough to have some time away with my family.  We stayed in Geelong and Swan Hill, taking Tony’s mum to visit some people that are important to her, knowing that she wanted to see them and could not make this trip on her own.  We enjoyed our time away…

Greetings … July 2 – 9 is NAIDOC week – a week which celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC week is celebrated not only in Indigenous communities, but by Australians all over the country and overseas.  The theme for 2023 is For Our Elders.  From the NAIDOC…

Greetings … Did you hear the news that Australia managed to win the first test of the current Ashes series!  I did and I was very happy.  For my family this was important news and I knew they would be happy too. We usually watch cricket together as a family, but not this time.  Tony…

Greetings … Continuing on from last week, here is another prayer from the Uniting in Prayer Season.  This prayer was written by Rev Rod Fisher, Minister at The Gap Uniting Church, Queensland, while on the Isle of Iona in Scotland, a thin place of prayer, deep spirituality and pilgrimage for generations.           God who is…

Greetings … During the Uniting in Prayer program, running from 28 May to 22 June, different prayers are being shared each day.  I’d like to share part of one with you now, written by Rev Dr Sarah Agnew, Uniting Church minister, poet and storyteller.           We pray for the cities in which we live,          …

Greetings … Last Sunday we celebrated Pentecost, reading the text from Acts 2, and recalling the coming of the Holy Spirit in a way that was transformational to those present.  It is after this, that we see what many call the beginnings of the Christian church emerging. Currently, the Uniting Church is participating in a…

Greetings … This coming Sunday we celebrate Pentecost, but it is also Reconciliation Sunday in the Uniting Church as it falls in Reconciliation Week (27 May to 3 June).  While these are both distinct events, it seems to me that they do have something in common.  The first Pentecost was a coming together of a…

Greetings … So the last week didn’t end up the way I had planned.  I had lots of things in the diary – I had intended to be a variety of meetings, I had expected to be at worship with everyone last Sunday, I had planned afternoon tea with the family for Mother’s Day.  Instead…

Greetings … ‘I come not to be served but to serve.’ If you watched the coronation of King Charles III you would have heard these words recently, for they formed part of the vows he made.  They were an echo of what his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, promised when she was crowned in June 1953. …