Monthly Archives: February 2012

I was driving from Kenmore to Glebe Road on Wednesday, listening a to ABC Classic FM Breakfast with Emma Ayres. At one point Emma said, ‘ Folks, it’s Ash Wednesday today, the first day of Lent. I’m making up my … Continue reading →

Read: 2 Kings 2: 1-12; Ps 50: 1-6; 2 Corinthians 4: 3-6; Mark 9: 2-9 The first Sunday after Epiphany, sometimes called ‘Baptism of Jesus’ Sunday, began with a revelation of Jesus Christ and a voice from the sky. The … Continue reading →

Read: 2 Kings 5: 1-14 Phillip Brooks, the renowned nineteenth-century Congregationalist minister and hymn writer, once said, ‘The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height … Continue reading →

Read: Mark 1: 29 – 39 Several years ago Lyn and I sold our lovely home at Mt Nebo to a Quaker. Lyn was teaching in the evening at Bremer TAFE then, but driving the winding, often foggy road home … Continue reading →