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…

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…