Advent 3A
14 December 2025 Joy is seldom recognised for the incredibly restorative, liberating force that it is. Unfortunately, even in faith communities, soberness, seriousness, and even cynicism are often portrayed [...]
Advent 2A
07 December 2025 This second week in Advent draws us into the possibilities of real peace for us and our world – God’s Shalom realm. Ironically, there is so [...]
Advent Sunday A
30 November 2025 And so the Lectionary Cycle begins again. This is always an exciting and moving time, as we prepare ourselves for the journey ahead, and begin to [...]
Christmas Day C
25 December 2024 Although the readings are the same for Christmas every year, it is important to allow the particular cycle to speak and give a different "flavour" to [...]
Christmas Eve B
24 December 2023 Christmas Eve this year focuses on the seemingly ordinary theme of God’s coming to us in Christ. However, the key issue in this coming, is in [...]
Advent Sunday B
03 December 2023 And so the year starts again, and as usual, we begin with the end – the vision of God’s reign consummated in Christ. To be fair, [...]
Baptism Of Christ A
08 January 2023 What struck me in the readings for Christ’s Baptism this week was the quietness of it all. There is no fanfare, no glitz and no loud, [...]
Christmas 1A
01 January 2023 This is a tough Sunday to preach, coming after the Christmas celebrations of this week. The Gospel reading is the slaughter of the children under King [...]
Epiphany A
06 January 2023 Epiphany embodies two journeys for me. The first is the new vision that the Gospels present of God’s grace and love being extended to all people, [...]
Christmas Eve A
24 December 2022 Christmas Eve this year focuses on the seemingly ordinary theme of God’s coming to us in Christ. However, the key issue in this coming, is in [...]