Reflection 23 August
Reflection by Anne Stewart If you watched the Delight and Awe story earlier, I wonder what you made of the storyabout the red crayon. Perhaps you could recall ‘red crayon’ moments in your lives.Moments when you began to see that something you might have been...
Reflection 16 August – Joy Kingsbury-Aitken
Reflection – by Joy Kingsbury-Aitken Had the Jesus Movement gained traction among the Jews in the days of Paul, what wouldthe church be like today? Would it perhaps be no more than a Jewish sect? Would itsimply be a rival to rabbinic Judaism, which grew out of the...
Reflection 9 August – Shalom
Peace Sunday | Micah 4:1-4 & Matthew 5:1-12 Shalom - the answer to every question? | a reflection by Dan Spragg We often sing a song at the end of our services that says, ‘Shalom, my friend…’ as we are sent out from our gathering together we are sent with God’s...
Reflection 2 August – Wrestling
Reflection – Wrestling… by Anne Stewart This story of Jacob wrestling in the night – what do you make of that? Have you ever hadnights of wrestling? The NRSV version we read from this morning describes Jacob’sadversary as ‘a man’. Sometimes the word angel is used but...
Reflection 26 July – Journeying into the New
A reflection by Dan Spragg – Journeying into the new … There are a few interesting things about Jacob’s encounter with the divine as he slept withhis head on a rock. Here’s three!The reason he was on this journey in the first place: Jacob you will remember is...
Reflection 19 July – Keep on Knitting
A reflection by Anne Stewart – Keeping on knitting… In April 2018, when I was first installed into the role of Moderator for the Alpine PresbyteryI began with a confession. It seemed a good posture to start that particular journey with! Iconfessed that I am a knitter....