Dear Friends, We had an amazing couple of days in Sydney as part of the Sydney Mission Trip! The group were buzzing after visiting the different mission expressions and having different conversations. The week reminded me that we are not just called to serve our neighbours because it is our Read more
Good morning church! I am killing two birds with one stone with this email! In a hour or so, I’m heading to parliament with the Micah Women Leader’s delegation to urge our parliamentary leaders to increase the Australian aid to at least 1% of the Federal Budget, so I’m practicing Read more
A song I have running around and around in my head at the moment is ‘Peace, Salaam, Shalom’ by Pat Humphries and Sandy Opatow of Emma’s Revolution. (You can read the origin story of the song here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FETbuMdnthI) But thinking about that song, and especially about the story of Read more
I shared this painting with you on Sunday. It is titled ‘David and Uriah’ and was painted c.1666-1669 by the Dutch master, Rembrandt. It captures the traumatic moment in 2 Samuel 11:14 when David signs Uriah’s death warrant and sends it to his general Joab “by the hand of Uriah.” The Read more
As I promised in the middle of last Sunday’s sermon – here is the last cheeky sign from the new Oxford Terrace Baptist Church in Christchurch, New Zealand. And as I was praying, in our prayers of intercession on Sunday, for the different rooms of our houses – particularly our Read more
The story we read on Sunday, of David transporting the ark of God to Jerusalem (2 Samuel 6), sounds – at times – like a game of hot potato! Having captured the ark of God (1 Samuel 4), the Philistines are soon convinced (1 Samuel 5 and 6) to return Read more
May the mind of Christ my Saviour: Devotional for Holy Week “May the mind of Christ my Saviour…” was written by Katie Barclay Wilkinson (1859 to 1928). Very little about her except that she worked with young women in West London, and was connected to the Keswick Convention, a movement Read more
Would you like to hear some good news? Last week in the 2022-23 Federal Budget the government announced an additional 16,500 places for Afghan refugees. You might remember back in January Immigration Minister Alex Hawke announced the government would allocate 15,000 visas over four years for Afghan nationals fleeing the Read more
“G’day, Everyone! I won’t beat about the bush. After church this Sunday, come to the Open Table Lunch at the manse! We can talk about the three ships – fellowship, partnership and sportsmanship! Go ‘Relay for Life’!” That is my homage to John Clark’s wonderful children’s talk on Sunday – Read more
I may have taken Sunday’s passage (Luke 13:1-9) too literally! On Monday I spent several hours in the garden (at our house in Hughes) digging around the plants, weeding and pruning and I am definitely feeling the effects of it now! (There has been a lot of moaning and groaning Read more