Life giving-Lenten reflection

I like walking in parks, where there are majestic ancient trees. They speak of resilience and endurance through all the seasons and the years. I often say to any one…

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On a Journey

Towards Christmas and into the January holiday period we see people planning for trips away from home. They might be going for a holiday, or just for Christmas Day yet…

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Season of growth

In this Pentecost season, in the churches in the southern hemisphere, we see the signs of new life begin to emerge in the garden after the long cold Winter. Winter…

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Called to mission

In a year of absence, presence! In a year of grief, the king had died, the world had changed, a new sense of sovereignty. In an experience of feeling unworthy,…

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God hears our cries

In my theological studies, I wrote a major paper on communal lament, where people in the Scriptures cry out to God in experiences of despair, loneliness, and abandonment. Such cries…

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Season of Creation – Sky

In this week’s Season of Creation, we remember the Sky, for as they say, ‘the Sky’s the limit!’ The vastness of the Sky reminds us of our smallness and is…

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Season of Creation

During September we celebrate A Season of Creation with different themes given each week. This first week’s theme Planet Earth we take time to ponder and be amazed at God’s…

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What gives us courage?

What helps us to take courage? Or what helps us feel protected? Do you protect others? In these times of lockdown all these questions might evoke new answers. The letter…

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Wisdom

In I Kings chapter 3 we are told that King David, the great shepherd king has died, and his son Solomon is taking up his role as the new King.…

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Bread of life

Mahatma Ghandhi once said: “There are people in the world so hungry that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread”. What do we hunger and thirst…

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