Week of 27 March – 02 April 2022
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK The parable of the Prodigal Son is so well known that we may easily skim over the surface of it thinking we already know everything [...]
Week of 20 – 26 March 2022
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK It is a comforting thought – albeit a false comfort – to think that goodness, health, and happiness are signs of God's blessing, and suffering [...]
Week of 13 – 19 March 2022
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Today's reading is a strange one, which takes some careful thought to understand. It begins with a group of Pharisees warning Jesus of Herod's intention [...]
Week of 06 – 12 March 2022
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK On the first Sunday in Lent, we always meditate on the temptations Jesus faced in the wilderness. Even as we read, though, we may find [...]
Week of 27 February – 05 March 2022
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK The story of the transfiguration appears in all three of the synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke). Its purpose is to confirm, in the moments [...]
Week of 20 – 26 February 2022
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK While it may not seem like it, the theme running through the Lectionary this week could be viewed as ‘resurrection living.’ The Corinthians reading actually [...]
Week of 13 – 19 February 2022
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK This week in the Lectionary we are faced with the daily choice of how we choose to live. In Jeremiah, those who trust in human [...]
Week of 06 – 12 February 2022
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Last week we explored grace and recognised that grace includes both God’s invitation to life and God’s confrontation of all that robs us of life. [...]
Week of 30 January – 05 February 2022
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK When Jesus read the scroll of Isaiah in his hometown of Nazareth, the people listened attentively. When he claimed that he was the fulfilment of [...]
Week of 23 – 29 January 2022
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK One of the marks of Jesus' life was his strong sense of purpose. Christian scholars debate how much Jesus, in his humanity, understood his divine [...]