1 Kings 8

1 Kings 8

Aug 20, 2018 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE

1 Kings 8: (1, 6, 10-11, 22-30, 41-43) This reading opens with the bringing of the Ark of the Covenant into the new temple. A travelling, seeking people has found a home and the presence of the Ark completes this journey for them. Solomon declares that God has a...
Walking Together

Walking Together

Aug 13, 2018 | MISSION

At the recent Assembly I joined the Walking Together Circle of Interest.  Anyone can join a circle of interest so I decided to limit myself to one. Walking Together as First and Second Peoples is a call that God continues to bring to my attention.  As a church in...
Psalm 111

Psalm 111

Aug 13, 2018 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE

The writer of Psalm111 is sure of a number of things: God’s unending goodness and kindness to those who trust him. That the right response of a believer in God is to praise God for his goodness and loving kindness. That God and the believer have a relationship through...
Give me

Give me

Aug 8, 2018 | PRAYERS

Give me Give me bread Give me the bread of life Hunger satisfying Beaten, kneaded Licked by fire in the oven Give it to me now   Give me Give me water Give me the water of life Thirst quenching Living, swirling Life through drowning Give it to me now   Give...
Ephesians 4:25-5:2

Ephesians 4:25-5:2

Aug 6, 2018 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE

Reflection on Ephesians 4:25-5:2 – Week of 12th August As a mum to 3 primary school aged children, I can strongly relate to these verses… we are nearing the end of the school holidays and I feel I am saying hundreds of times a day – “Don’t lie!” “Play nicely!” “Say...
Reflections of a hymn singer

Reflections of a hymn singer

Aug 2, 2018 | EXPERIENCING FAITH

  Being a descendant from fervent Methodist Cornish miners (great grandfather conducted the first Methodist service in the Bendigo area),  then cutting my teeth on the Methodist Hymnal and committing much of it to memory, I find it difficult to accept some of the...
John 6:24-35 The Bread of Life

John 6:24-35 The Bread of Life

Aug 2, 2018 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE

We don’t often read of much humour from Jesus when he is being serious, nor are we accustomed to John using irony when describing the responses of people to Jesus. I suggest that you read through John 6:24-35 and take note of how “the crowd’ and Jesus seem to be...