Feb 2, 2023 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Today’s gospel immediately follows the Beatitudes. And the readings are saying that the Beatitudes must not only be lived, but seen to be lived. The Gospel reminds us that it is essential for the Christian disciple both to be seen and heard. Jesus uses a string of...
Jan 23, 2023 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
How then shall we live? We are on a journey in our lives from Shittim (Is there an echo here? A place in the past with our dubious history.) to Gilgal (The first place where we will camp in the land, where we will set up stones to remember.) We are to live as ones on...
Jan 14, 2023 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
God has given us open ears so that we can listen to God and pay attention. Listening attentively for Isaiah can lead us to hearing things that may be painful, of recognising that in ourselves we may have achieved nothing. Some of the things we hear need to be put away...
Jan 7, 2023 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
In Power and in Weakness God upholds creation, yet nurtures a bruised reed or a dimly burning wick. God speaks into our lives and creates new things. In Power and in Weakness God comes in earthquake and storm to bring us peace. The voice of the Lord thunders yet came...
Dec 27, 2022 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord for the Exodus! Isaiah looks back to the Exodus event as the key moment of God saving God’s people. We often have a clearer view looking back at the way God has been saving and guiding us in the journey of our lives. Let us recount...
Dec 6, 2022 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
John (now in prison because of his confrontation with Herod over the King’s unlawful marriage) sends two of his followers to ask Jesus “Are you the one who is to come or should we look for another?” Some commentators see this questioning as an...
