Opinion

What do you think about rest? Is it something you long for at the end of a long day or week? Or is it something you routinely schedule into your day or week to prepare yourself for what’s ahead? On a recent discipleship day, I was reminded that way too often; I don’t take the time to rest and refresh ...

World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation is honoured annually on September 1st. Tiny Town Child Care Centre and Kindergarten children have drawn on bunting flags that are now proudly displayed in the service. Each flag represents a leaf that contains something special the children selected, thanking God for all his creations!    Dear God, Thank you for our ...

Have you ever thought about how much a pinch of salt is worth? Not much in this day and age; we might nearly say it’s worthless. But salt is an age-old commodity. It has been used to preserve food for starving troops and the bodies of Pharaohs. It has been used to flavour meals in the highest courts and on ...

Usually, when I think about valuing the one, I reflect on the call for me to be more like Jesus (less like me) and to do what I can to help those in need, to speak for those who are silenced or powerless, to protect those who are at risk and to do this in a personal way actually walking ...

In the almost one decade that I have been working for the Uniting Church, I have spoken to and met with dozens of survivors who were sexually abused in the context of the Church or its predecessor Churches and read hundreds of accounts of abuse. Survivors of this type of abuse often experience complex trauma – which means that they ...

In May 2018, we went on a family trip to the UK. The trip was about touring the places my mother grew up and went to school, visiting relatives, and witnessing the historic event of Harry and Meghan’s wedding (stay with me, ha!) The streets around Windsor Castle in the days leading up to the wedding were absolutely buzzing. People ...

“God moves in a mysterious way. His wonders to perform; He plants His footsteps in the sea. And rides upon the storm.” William Cowper 1774 This was no ordinary job interview, and this was just no ordinary job. Imagine being asked if you could take your job into the air, learn to fly a light aircraft and travel to remote ...

Over and over in the bible, we are reminded that our God is a God of Plenty. God is never short of resources; he owns the cattle on a thousand hills, and no task or situation is beyond his capability. And yet the resources of God are almost always activated and released when we muster what little resources we have ...

When I reflect on the work that is being asked of me by God, I think about how we are asked to pray. In the Luke reading as part of the lectionary this week, we read an introduction to the Lord’s Prayer. Jesus was praying and enjoying some time with his God. His way of filling his tank, so to ...

The concept of Plenty in the Queensland Synod is based on the deep understanding that God’s economy – the way of working out all that is, is beyond all our ideas of graciousness and spaciousness. As those caught in the image and outworking of this economy, we will only ever see what is revealed to us. This reading of the ...