Greetings, This Sunday (5 September) is the day that we celebrate Father’s Day, so for those Dads among us I should probably say Happy Father’s Day!  This is a day that can be marked in different ways, but it is often one where families get together, say ‘thanks’, spoil Dad and make him feel special.…

Greetings, The Epistle reading that we have for this coming Sunday is from the letter of James and when you see what’s been going on with the protests in Melbourne it seems that we might need to be reminded these words – “… let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger…

Greetings, Following an invitation from the National Council of Churches in Australia, churches in Australia are marking Sunday 22 August as a National Day of Prayer.  Rev Sharon Hollis, UCA President, is encouraging all members to join in this day as we pray for all who are experiencing the ongoing impacts of the pandemic.  Sharon’s…

Greetings, Lockdown 6.0 … did we ever think we would get to this number?  I’m not sure that I did.  I remember writing the first Something to make you smile back on 29 March 2020 and thinking to myself ‘I can do this for the next six weeks’.  It is easy once you start something…

Greetings, Over the last couple of months we have been focusing on the story of David as told in the books of Isaiah, 1 Samuel and 2 Samuel.  I think this has been valuable as we don’t often look in depth at the Hebrew Scriptures.  It can be easy to make the mistake of thinking…

Greetings, It has been wonderful in the last week to have a shift in focus towards the sporting prowess of nations as we have been watching the Olympic Games.  Whether it was enjoying the opening ceremony, hearing the stories of athletes  who have given us so much to compete and their families who have supported…

Greetings, It has been wonderful in the last week to have a shift in focus towards the sporting prowess of nations as we have been watching the Olympic Games.  Whether it was enjoying the opening ceremony, hearing the stories of athletes  who have given us so much to compete and their families who have supported…

Greetings, Sensing that many of us might be feeling a little despondent with the extension of lockdown, it is a timely reminder that we are not alone at this time.  As some things are changing too fast (and others not fast enough) we would do well to recall the words of the psalmist who reminds…

Greetings, In my reading this week I came across a poem called God Is A Verb written by Wild Bill Balding.  This verse expresses the way we can try to limit God by names or spaces or traditions but despite all our attempts, God will not be contained.  I’d like to share it with you.…

Greetings, I have been thinking a little about connections this week and how two things that seem totally unrelated can set your mind to pondering.  As a focus of NAIDOC week, Channel 10 news has been using traditional names for capital cities in their weather segments.   As I have looked at their weather maps this…