I was once welcomed to a church by being told: “We have no traditions here.” It turned out they meant they had no typical, codified, Anglican traditions in their worship … Read more
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Matthew 14.22-36. Shame & vulnerability
Brené Brown in 2010 spoke of how her research on vulnerability discovered that people who live in cities like Melbourne have lives marked by shame. Shame, she says, is more … Read more
Matthew 1.1-17. Generations (a political Christmas)
Michael Flynn
How is it possible to find leadership that combines the traits we know we need? Leaders who are just but also know how to be merciful, who are … Read more
Matthew 13.1-23. Choking the word of God
Why doesn’t God make himself more obvious? Jesus’ answer is that God does make himself clear and will one day make himself unavoidably so but what we see or understand … Read more
Matthew 12.22-45. Recognising good and evil
Once we reject the evidence of God we have no God. Once we reject the evidence for good there is no good. If more signs arrive they will only condemn … Read more
Matthew 9.35-10.42. The mission we are on
Jesus says the motive for Christian mission is deep seated compassion for the lost. He could see into their lives, he could see into eternity they faced and on one … Read more
Matthew 7.1-12. How to evaluate others
Imagine using our judgment of others to serve them rather than ourselves. Imagine instead of categorising people so we can feel better, we see our wrongs clearly enough to lay … Read more