Greetings, When she needed to get away and figure things out, a ten year old girl would jump on her bike and ride a couple of kilometres to a favourite park and a favourite tree. Lying under the tree she would gaze through the leaves that filtered the glimmering sun; the depth of the blue…

Greetings, It is amazing to think that I have now been minister at Koonung Heights for six months. What a blessing this time has been to me as I slowly get to know the members of our congregation. When I received and read the Church Profile I remember thinking that Koonung would be a place…

Greetings, Use of inclusive language in worship, hymns, on signs and in our usual conversation has been transformational to many people across the decades since this change first began. Still, changes still need to be made, especially in more traditional spaces, like the church often is. We need to keep asking the questions of whether…

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…