The tragic death of four young children in a house fire in Werribee, including the desperate efforts of their father to save them, has been on my mind today as I write these few words. As we gather today on this the first Sunday in Advent may we recall in our prayers the pain and…
We are fast approaching the end of the Church’s year, and the season of Advent and Christmas, and today we conclude the Church’s liturgical year on the Feast Day of Christ the King. According to the Book of Common Prayer this day is known as ‘Stir up Sunday’. Stir up we beseech thee, O Lord,…
“Our lives begin to end when we remain silent on important matters.” Martin Luther King reportedly spoke these words during his advocacy, for which he lost his life, for African Americans and their struggle for equal rights in the United States. These words come back to me each time I see the dreadful atrocities being…
I have just been rereading a book on Anglican Social Theology and the Christian Socialist movement in the United Kingdom. The book provides a detailed background on the influence of Archbishop William Temple and his writings and participation in the formation of the Welfare State in the United Kingdom, including the National health Scheme. Temple…
Today we are observing the Feast Day of St Luke, Evangelist and Martyr. He is known as Luke the physician, obviously an educated man, a storyteller, probably a Pastor to an emerging eclectic Jewish Christian community and co-worker with Paul. He did not know Jesus and his Gospel was written in the closing or last…
Thank you to all who have participated in our ongoing discussions at All Saints and St James over the past two Sundays. We all acknowledge the limitations of Zoom, but this has not stopped us from seeking to move forward in a shared and collaborative way. The discussions have been open, honest, creative, and positive….
I want to begin by thanking all of you who have joined us for our Zoom services on Sunday and at other times. I appreciate it is not the same as being in Church and I suspect it will be still some time before we can safely do this. I understand that some do not…
This Sunday we are observing the Feast Day of St Michael and All Angels (Michaelmas), which falls on next Wednesday 29 September, and the texts of the day are uniquely dramatic and visionary, describing the angelic host and the war in heaven. They have inspired composers throughout the centuries to create settings of thrilling immediacy….
