Category Archives: Minister’s Blog

Brief Encounters Along The Way Read: Acts 8: 26 – 40 Today we give attention to the brief encounter between Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch. Philip was prompted to go on the road to Gaza and it was in this … Continue reading →

Read: John 2: 13 – 22 J Jesus arrived in Jerusalem and found the Temple teeming with people selling cattle and sheep and doves, and loan sharks there in full strength. ‘Stop turning my Father’s house into a shopping mall’ … Continue reading →

‘Lent is probably the easiest thing you could ever give up for Lent because it means absolutely nothing changes’. I read these words today and thought to myself ‘smart alec’ and was about to toss the article when my eye … Continue reading →

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 →

For a decade in my career I taught postgraduate students in such areas as communication, governance and educational leadership. In setting assignments I would often include the topic of servant leadership. Inevitably students would ask me to recommend reference sources … Continue reading →

‘Change’ should get booked for speeding, I reckon. I have just been reading how at bus stops in Chicago you can press a button to get warm soup on cold winter days. At Helsinki bus stops you can use a … Continue reading →