Dec 19, 2023 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Lectionary Readings 2 Samuel 7: 1-11, 16, Luke 1: 39-55, Romans 16: 25-27 Take a moment to get comfortable, close your eyes and take some deep breaths. Imagine a garden full of life. There are brightly coloured flowers, healthy bushes, a vegie patch, green grass and...
Dec 14, 2023 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Lectionary Readings Isaiah 61: 1-4, 8-11, Psalm 126, Luke 1:1-38 Take a moment to get comfortable, close your eyes, and take some deep breaths. Imagine a garden ready to be transformed. The soil is full of nutrients, the weeds have been pulled out, and the plans and...
Dec 7, 2023 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Lectionary Readings Isaiah 40: 1-11, Psalm 85: 1-2, 8-13, 2 Peter 3: 8-15a, Mark 1: 1-8, John 1: 6-8, 19-28 How can we prepare our heart, soul, and mind during the Advent season. What needs to be done to help us start focussing on Jesus? What ‘seeds’ might God be...
Nov 30, 2023 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Isaiah 64: 1-9, Psalm 80: 1-7, 17-19, 1 Corinthians 1: 3-9, Mark 13: 24-37 During this season of ADVENT, we will use the metaphor of growing a garden to prepare our hearts, souls, and minds for the birth of Jesus. Imagine a garden that no-one has looked after for a...
Nov 23, 2023 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
It is obvious that with these words, recorded in Matthew 25, Jesus wants us to be uncomfortable; and he wants us to open our eyes, ears and hearts to the needs of those around us. Because none of us has been as attentive to others’ needs as we could have been,...
Nov 23, 2023 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
This parable is about security and risk. It’s about how we use what God has given us, and it confronts me as I read it. It is about fear and how we let it control our lives – or not. God is a great risk-taker. He gave himself to this world in the form of Jesus...
