Greetings, We are mostly used to hearing patriarchal language describe God.  Father, Son and Spirit is used much more than Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer.  Yet throughout scripture we do find images of God as Mother if we know where to look.  As we approach Mother’s Day, and remember the women who are important in our…

Greetings, ‘A day without laughing is a day wasted. This insightful Charlie Chaplin quote is quite appropriate for today which is known as World Laughter Day.  We know that laughter is good for the soul and while it may not resolve complex situations, it does a great job of making us feel better. Despite our…

Greetings,A prayer from the Uniting Church as we reflect this Anzac Day … Lord God, who desires peace for all people,on this day we prayers to prayerfully,respectfully and thankfullyremember the contribution made by men and womenduring wars and conflicts and while training.We think of the many people killed in action,those who were wounded,and those who…

Greetings, If I asked you what was going on in the world, I’m sure that many of the things you shared would be the ‘bad news’ stories that we are bombarded with.  We witness injustice, find it hard to get our heads around why some things happen, and can think the problem is too big…

Greetings, Last week I spent a couple of nights in Bendigo.  It was a great short break away, and lovely to have a day to sight-see with Elizabeth.  We visited the Chinese Dragon museum, rode on the Talking Tram and went down a goldmine, but the main reason for our visit was to meet a…

Greetings, For another year we have again journeyed with Jesus to Jerusalem.  We have been on edge as we witness his arrest.  We have been uncomfortable to hear again how his friends denied him, and themselves, knowing that we may have done the very same.  We have stood in horror at the foot of the…

Easter Greetings, There is a rumour … Death is not the end,   Life has a way of returning.Do you believe it? There is a rumour …He is not here,   he has gone before us.Do you believe it? There is a rumour …The stone has rolled   And the tome is empty.Do you believe it? There is…

Greetings, An offering on Palm Sunday for the week we are to travel through.                      Amidst the fluttering of palms,                      the cheer of crowds,                     the clop of hooves on stone,                     the flap of robes,                     comes the One,                     Jesus of Nazareth,                     teacher, healer, leader,                     for just such a moment as this.                      Faces turned,                     quizzical,…

Greetings, In the busy-ness of life it is good to reminded that while we rush around, God has things under control.  If we have our eyes opened to see, we might even be blessed to be invited into divine moments that we could so easily have missed.  Bill Pugh shares one such moment with us…

Greetings, Friday 8 March is International Women’s Day.  This prayer for women, especially from the Pacific, is written by Cath Taylor and was published in UnitingWorld Update.  You might like to pray it as a way of standing alongside some of our closest neighbours. God of all people. Today we pray for women –   …