Apr 22, 2020 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
There’s a place for us…; When I lived in Myrtleford, I sang with The Beechworth Singers, and one year we presented a concert program of selections from popular musicals. One of the songs was Somewhere from West Side Story. The words are: There’s a place for us,...
Apr 15, 2020 | EXPERIENCING FAITH, INSPIRING, NEWS, WORSHIP
“When the unexpected happens you begin to live.” I do not recall who first wrote that but it is essential truth. When our individual, daily lives follow a pattern with which we have become so familiar, then it is arguable whether we are living or just...
Apr 15, 2020 | ACTIVITIES, EXPERIENCING FAITH, INSPIRING, NEWS
Easter Sunday Flowers Early Easter Sunday morning saw Penguin Uniting Church member Lynn Templar put up a floral cross in front of the one of the most picturesque Uniting Churches in the country, just over the road from the ocean. Lynn’s comments below indicate...
Apr 15, 2020 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
An ideal church? Today’s reading from Acts talks about the nature of community that existed in the early church. Apparently Biblical scholars do not agree. A reflection I read by Kathryn Matthews Huey, made these comments about the Acts reading: “Is this description...
Apr 12, 2020 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
Heading out of town Some disciples meet a stranger on the road out of Jerusalem heading towards Emmaus. He teaches them and they are warmed by the beauty of his teaching. There was warmth in their hearts but no recognition. Christ is recognised only in the blessing...
