Reflection 23 January – More than just good intentions
1 Cor 12:12-31 & Luke 4:14-21 - More than just good intentions A reflection by Dan Spragg It’s a new year. I always think that new years are wonderful things. One gets to start, in a new year, with wonderful idealistic intentions. For me, in the first week at...
Reflection 19 December – Practicing Love
Micah 5:2-5a and Luke 1:39-45 ‘Practicing love’ Reflection by Anne Stewart Today our Advent symbol is paua, which in this context is being used as a symbol of strength and beauty that provides sustenance to the body, just as love is the greatest of things and provides...
Reflection 28 November – Advent 1: Hope
Jeremiah 33:14-16 & Luke 21:25-36 - Advent 1: Hope A reflection by Dan Spragg So, here we are, finding ourselves surprised by Advent having snuck up on us again! Well, it certainly feels that way to me. With everything else that’s going on that we need to try and...
Reflection 21 November – Christ the King
Revelation 1:4b-8 & John 18:33-37 Christ the King Sunday A reflection by Dan Spragg In 1925, Pope Pius XI, instituted the Feast of Christ the King Sunday as part of the Western LIturgical calendar in response to what he perceived was rising secularism and...
Reflection 14 November – Where Does Our Faith Lie…
Hebrews 10:11-14, 19-24; Mark 13:1-6 ‘where does our faith lie…’ Reflection by Anne Stewart The lectionary is taking us into some interesting places at present. I noticed Dan’s relief at side-stepping today’s offering. What I did discover there, though,...
Reflection 7 November – Two Ways
– Mark 12:38-44 ‘Two ways…’ Reflection by Anne Stewart I heard someone say this week that they felt themselves wince a few times when they heard the story of Jesus denouncing the scribes and the widow’s offering. In the clip I was watching someone else said that...