Nov 10, 2020 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
I am a widow. I have lost my husband. My safe world has fallen apart. I feel insecure. And yet I still have so much. But I guard what I have more closely now – like putting it in a hole in the ground! This parable is about security and risk. It’s about how we...
Nov 3, 2020 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
The story of the ten bridesmaids is a story of anticipation and readiness which encourages us to be awake and prepared for the return of Jesus “because you do not know the day or the hour”. It was addressed to the disciples in private as they sat with him...
Oct 28, 2020 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
We are tempted to gloss over the first words of Jesus in this significant part of Matthew’s Gospel: “The teachers of religious law and the Pharisees are the official interpreters of the Scriptures. So practice and obey whatever they say to you, but...
Oct 20, 2020 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
Aaagh experts in the law… Did you hear about the lawyer on holiday whose sailboat capsized in dangerous, shark-infested waters? He surprised his travelling companions by volunteering to swim to the far-off shore for help. As he swam, his companions were startled by...
Oct 14, 2020 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
How uplifting! How joyous! How reassuring! Whenever I think of our Congregation at Launceston South, I am constantly and persistently amazed at the many many rich and varied missional paths that so so many our folk pursue through the worldly forest in which we live....
Oct 7, 2020 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
When I (again) read Psalm 106 for this week’s reflection, I felt reassured, and humbled, again. Reassured because I know the Lord loves me. Still… Reassured because I am reminded that I will never be truly alone as I experience the challenges, triumphs, failures, and...
