Uncommon Prayers

Isaiah 35.1-10; Magnificat; James 5.7-10 The letter of James, which we read just now, says: Be patient, therefore, beloved, until the coming...

I've just come home from a stimulating and learned public lecture offered at Pilgrim Theological College by a wonderful young historian,...

Texts: Isaiah 40.1-11; Psalm 85. 1-2, 8-13; 2 Peter 3.8-15a; Mark 1.1-8 Let me begin with a story, a might of been, with regard to that voic...

Texts:  Genesis 28.10-19a; Psalm 139.1-12, 23-24; Romans 8.12-25; Matthew 13.24-30, 36-43 Today I want to talk to you about hope. Not the...

Texts: Acts 11.1-18; Psalm 148; Revelation 21.1-6; John 13.31-35 ‘I am making everything new . . .  The old order of things has passed aw...

This homily on Luke 15.1-3, 11-32 is offered as a sound file. It was preached at South Yarra Baptist Church on the fourth Sunday of Lent, ...

Texts:  Zephaniah 3.14-20; Philippians 4.4-7; Luke 3.7-18 Like most all of the lections we read during Advent, the Scriptures for today...

Text: Matthew 5.1-12 Matthew's beatitudes summarise the essential spirit of Jesus' teaching in much the same way as the ‘Ten co...