Christianity is not a programmed code of moral and legal behaviour with black and white answers for every situation.
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survive or thrive
Some of my plants have had a bit of a rough few months. However the tomato is doing well and the lettuces will become salads in the next few days.
the little gifts
one parishioner couldn’t make out why the promised eternal banquet would include “fine Australian wines.”
simple & sense-able
The wise and learned character in this ancient tale is not any of the sycophantic subjects of the ruler, but the child
THE conversation
Andrew and John were seekers, full of the restlessness of early adulthood, and confident that there must be more to life than fishing.
our default setting
So much that is taught and written about prayer serves only to convince us that prayer is a complex project to be mastered.
the river of life
While some rivers are deep and fast-flowing in an unwavering channel through valleys and across countryside, the braided Canterbury rivers are changeable
the unexpected
Many of life’s greatest blessings come to us in unexpected ways, at unexpected times and through unexpected people and events.
Christ the King
The fact of our limited time on earth brings a clarity to our vision helping us to keep the struggles of earthly existence in a broader, deeper, eternal and loving divine perspective.
prophetic hope
We feel bound to disagree with these prophets of misfortune who are forever forecasting calamity
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the naming
The name is Emmanuel. And as the prophet Isaiah emphasises, this is the name which means God-is-with-us.
beyond the fog
Then the fog which may have lifted for a moment in a day returns and settles as our dull default setting
living fully
She was nudging me to realise that my dissatisfaction with life as a good religious person was a healthy disquiet
sense-able
Our physical senses connect us with the world. We see, we touch, we taste, we smell and we hear.
the jet stream
And then I see a jet stream. I could easily dismiss it quickly as a plane going over head, or I could take time to consider…