Nov 5, 2021 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Unless the Lord builds the house… In the work of the Presbytery, the work of the congregations and Church Councils across the Presbytery, and in our own personal lives, there are many decisions to be made. This week’s Psalm opens with the words Unless the Lord builds...
Oct 27, 2021 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
I used to really dislike being on church committees. In my early days at Capalaba Uniting Church, I felt only half aware of what was going on….. come to think of it, nothing’s changed! Anyway, I developed a technique of asking simple, obvious – what one of my...
Oct 20, 2021 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
I’m pretty certain that Martin Luther didn’t realise that tacking up those 95 theses of his on to the big doors of the college church in Wittenburg would one day result in the streetscapes of the many country towns I have driven through over the years. Before Luther...
Oct 13, 2021 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
I was really hoping for a Melbourne Demons vs Brisbane Lions Grand Final! And it almost happened! But not quite. On the 4th September in the semi-final, the Western Bulldogs beat the Brisbane Lions by one point. So close…. yet so far!! Anyway, I guess I should...
Oct 6, 2021 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Tonight I am preparing for our church’s Blessing of the Animals service which we are holding on the 10th October. My mind is all about the furry, feathered and finned creatures with whom we share our precious earthly space. I turned to the Hebrews reading, and, not...
Sep 30, 2021 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Some of my favourite memories are of the evenings when I would stop the Kombi on the road back to Mt Isa, after a BBQ at Lake Moondarra. The family would all get out and, in the pitch black and the eerie silence of the Australian outback, gaze upward at the brilliant...
