Devotion
A Love-letter from God
(Notes for the St. Martins Community Church Collingwood service 13 January 2013. Handout is at the bottom of this page). ~~ The basic message of the Hebrew-Christian faith is that we don ¢â‚¬â„¢t have to stay the way we were. If anyone is in Christ they ¢â‚¬â„¢re a new creation… What ¢â‚¬â„¢s in this New Year for you? […]
THE CANTICLE OF SIMEON : Luke 2:22-32
Based from: Luke 2:22-32 At this time of the days after Christmas, it is good to look at the Canticle of Simeon. Simeon was an obedient, God-loving older man who was used by God in an incredible way, and was then able to die a peaceful man. Following a time of ritual isolation after the […]
The Beauty of Mathematics
A little corny, but the basic idea is ‘spot on’! http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=h60r2HPsiuM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
The God of Intimacy and Action: Reconnecting Ancient Spiritual Practices, Evangelism, and Justice
Tony Campolo and Mary Albert Darling: The God of Intimacy and Action: Reconnecting Ancient Spiritual Practices, Evangelism, and Justice (John Wiley & Sons), 2007. ¢â‚¬ËœThe leper stood motionless in front of Francis. Not knowing what else to do, Francis closed his eyes, braced himself, and then kissed the leper on his decayed lips… When he […]
They said there’ll be snow at Christmas…
by Nils von Kalm http://soulthoughts.com “…they said there’ll be peace on earth.” – Greg Lake I’ve been thinking recently about writing a reflection on how Christmas, and the Christmas spirit, brings alot of peace and goodwill at this time of year. I was going to write about how people are generally nicer to each other and look out […]
Paradise garden: interesting eulogy for an amazing woman!
Paradise garden: Sermon at the State Memorial Service for Dame Elisabeth Murdoch 20/12/2012 Bishop Andrew St John Sermon delivered by Bishop Andrew St John at the State Memorial Service for Dame Elisabeth Murdoch held at St Paul’s Cathedral on Tuesday 18 December 2012, as transcribed by Anglican Media Melbourne. I speak in the […]
Dom Helder Camara’s pastoral poems
Two of Dom Helder Camara ¢â‚¬â„¢s best (pastoral) poems (from A Thousand Reasons for Living, pp. 63, 112): By the grace You grant me of silence without loneliness, give me the right to plead, to clamour for my brothers and sisters imprisoned in a loneliness without silence! ~~ It is worth any sacrifice, however great or […]
MEDITATION ON HANDS
Note: (Allow up to half an hour ¢â‚¬“ or more, for this meditation. Have sketch pad and colored pens/pencils etc on hand too). Tonight we are going to do a centring prayer. Centring prayer is where we purposefully bring our awareness to one thing, to focus on a word, a short phrase, a Scripture, a […]
Open Hands – a meditation
Honour Him, who holds in His hands your life and all your way. Letting go – of the past, of things lost, taken away, or never received, of bitterness over past hurts, of fear and anxiety, receiving – the gift of life today our daily bread, every good gift from the […]
Henri Nouwen’s wisdom
The Poverty of Our Leaders There is a tendency to think about poverty, suffering, and pain as realities that happen primarily or even exclusively at the bottom of our Church. We seldom think of our leaders as poor. Still, there is great poverty, deep loneliness, painful isolation, real depression, and much emotional suffering at the […]
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