Sending out the invitation – 20 January 2019 John 2:1-12, Psalm 36:5-10 This week I have been doing some preparation for the church’s 90th anniversary. You’re all invited by the way! Keep the 23 and 24th February clear! There are a few key things you need if you’re organising Read more…
13 January 2019 Today we’re going to look at an event that made it into all four Gospels such was its importance and inspiration: – the baptism of Jesus. As the Old Testament reading that marries with this story rallies the faithful to understand to whom they belong with the Read more…
30 December 2018 So Christmas is over. The banners remain and memories of the big day and its build up lingers like smoke from the Advent candles now blown out. We have remembered the story of the birth of Jesus. And today Luke takes us into the Temple, where Jesus Read more…
Rev Martin Reilly, 18 November 2018
28 Oct – Blinding light I was headed south on the Tuggeranong Parkway on Wednesday, just exiting onto Lady Denman drive, one of my favourite bits of road in Canberra, and half listening to the radio when I heard the phrase, ‘blinding light’. It was Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews promising, Read more…
Reading – Mark 10: 2 – 12 Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife? The question posed to Jesus in our text today from Mark continues to be asked in our time though perhaps not in the particular form it is here. It’s a serious question for Read more…
The Wolf of Gubbio – Mark 1:21-28 In 13th century Italy there was a small city nestled in the foothills of a great mountain. It was a city of considerable beauty and its people were very very proud of it. They had piazzas with wide fountains, restaurants with fantastic food, Read more…