Mar 4, 2024 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
John 3:14-21 3:14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 3:15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes...
Feb 29, 2024 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Bodies based on a reflection by Karoline Lewis (Professor and the Marbury E. Anderson Chair of Biblical Preaching, Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minnesota) Bodies We have them. We inhabit them. But often we do not know what to do with them. We desperately want to...
Feb 22, 2024 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16, Psalm 22:23-31, Romans 4:13-25 Mark 8:31-38 or Mark 9:2-9 Choosing names for our children is a fascinating exercise connecting them with their past and with our hopes for their future. For the Hebrews names spoke of the character of the one...
Feb 15, 2024 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
The Genesis reading outlines the covenant of God with Noah. It is one of a number of covenants, which share some similarities with treaties of the time, recorded in the Bible. This covenant is important in its breadth to all living things, “…between me and the...
Feb 8, 2024 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
In the transfiguration we travel from ordinary life, up an ordinary mountain, through an extraordinary experience, and back down the ordinary mountain to an ordinary life tinged with the colour of death yet suffused with the possibility of something beyond ordinary....
Feb 8, 2024 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Some people find it worth the effort to pick over the mullock heaps of gem mines for the occasional rewarding find; but the dream is always of the rich reef. Familiar Bible passages, re-read, often yield previously missed gems. Both Gospel passages for this day are...
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...
