Apr 12, 2019 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
April 19 2019 Good Friday There is so much in these readings. They are so long and in the days of commercial television our concentration span isn’t what it was. On Good Friday I would prefer to stay with dying, death and an unresolved conclusion in a period of...
Apr 7, 2019 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
April 14 2019 Palm Sunday Here we have choices between readings according to whether we follow Passion Sunday or Palm Sunday. I have chosen Palm Sunday from the Gospel of Luke because many of our people will meet also on Good Friday. The pathway I have chosen is...
Mar 31, 2019 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
Make way! Let’s look forward. God is about to do a new thing. Let’s look past the pain of our exile. Can’t you sense the new thing coming? God who makes a way through the sea of chaos will make a way through the desert, the wilderness of our journey for we have been...
Mar 25, 2019 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
In a universe of galaxies, in a galaxy of solar systems, in a solar system of planets, in a planet full of people, how could God possibly be concerned with me? If you, like me, have ever embarked on a journey of self validation then this is the starting point of your...
Mar 18, 2019 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
In Theology 101, Rev. Professor Andrew Dutney begins the conversation much like this. “The primary question in theology is “What do we do with the issue of suffering?”” For much of our history, we, humans, have been tempted to explained pain...
Mar 11, 2019 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
Desolate. What image comes to mind when you hear that word? I tend to think of the center of Australia. It is a desert, but, for all intents and purposes, it is so teaming with life that it hardly fits the definition. Google’s definition comes out like this;...
