Greetings, Over the last few months we have been looking at the gospel of Luke. This gospel really speaks to the Gentiles with Jesus coming as the Saviour of all peoples, not just the chosen race of Israel. We see this in stories of the centurion (Luke 7:1-10) and the ten lepers (Luke 17:11-19) where…

Greetings, This Sunday, October 6, marks the start of Seniors Week in Victoria. In conjunction with this, the Victorian Seniors Festival will take place throughout October with many free or low-cost events being run across the State. According to organisers, the idea behind the festival is “to celebrate the more than a million Victorians who…

Greetings, During my study leave I was lucky enough to spend a couple of days staying with friends on their small, subsistence property at Ardlethan. While I spent some time working, Elizabeth had fun playing with the dog, collecting eggs from the chickens, leaving water for the bees, feeding the alpacas and generally just being…

Greetings, By the time that you read this I will be on a few days Study Leave … in fact this is the last task I have to complete. Some have wished me well for a good holiday and while I’m thankful, and it is a short break away from Koonung Heights, it’s not actually…

Greetings, Hearts Break … that was the front page headline that greeted readers of the Herald Sun Tuesday morning. The life and tragic death of AFL legend Danny ‘Spud’ Frawley was then outlined over the next seven pages. It would be fair to say that from conversations I’ve had and emails I have received this…

Greetings, This Sunday is Father’s Day, a day which honours fathers and celebrates fatherhood, paternal bonds and the influence of fathers in society. According to Wikipedia “in Catholic countries of Europe, it has been celebrated on St Joseph’s Day since the Middle Ages”. It is also a day on which we remember other men who…

Greetings,  This week we have witnessed the rejection of George Pell’s appeal in the Supreme Court of Victoria, and have again been reminded of the pain that has been inflicted on many. Events like this are difficult for us – we may have suffered or know others who have, we wonder how people can behave…

Greetings, Earlier in the month I, and some others, were invited to attend the meeting of the Mont Albert North Probus Club who meet in Watson Hall each month. I think the invitation was partly in appreciation of the facilities we offer, but it was also a good chance to get to meet some of…

Greetings, At the last Church Council meeting Peta led devotions and as part of this raised the issue of mental health being something of great concern for many young people. Since then I have been doing some more reading. While mental health issues are not confined to young people, approximately one in three people aged…

Greetings, Late last year, in preparation for this year, I read a book called The Hospitality of God: A Reading of Luke’s Gospel. In this book author Brendan Byrne (professor of New Testament at Jesuit Theological College) “portrays the life and ministry of Jesus as a divine visitation to the world, seeking hospitality”. Jesus, the…