A teenage girl at holiday camp was torn between two sets of friends. Some of them were sunbathing on the jetty, saying to her “stay with us.” But her other friends were in a rowboat saying “no, come with us.” There she stood, one foot on the jetty, the other Read More... from Reflections 15th August...
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Recently, for me, it seems that our gospel readings keep focusing my attention on relationships… my/our relationship with God and my/our relationship with others. An important ingredient in any relationship is communication… two-way communication! In our relationship with God, that conversation is called “prayer’. Too often we end up...
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Last Saturday (24th July) was our (the Vierow’s) first experience of the fabled St Paul’s Market. I say, “fabled” because Maurie and I had been hearing about the Market, from a number of sources, for some time before our arrival in the parish. It is a little hard to imagine Read More... from Reflections 1st August 2010 – The Body of...
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Many of recent gospel readings speak of relationships within the family of God. Last week Mary and Martha were seen in relationship with Jesus. (Luke 10:38-42) At a time when women were treated as possessions and had little autonomy, Jesus treated both as real human beings, visiting with them in Read More... from Reflections 25th July...
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Do I hear the odd OINK from time to time? The annual distribution of Flu virus aka the Ekka, is over and we should all be able to get back to a normal life. Read More... from Rector’s Reflections for 11th Sunday after Pentecost (16th August...
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Today we welcome the Revd. Dianne Black as celebrant and preacher. Dianne is well known to many at Manly. Carmel and I will be in Mundubbera for the weekend, returning Monday evening. Read More... from Rector’s Reflections for 10th Sunday after Pentecost (9th August...
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It is always risky to rely on rumours. Our political masters have just had another lesson to that effect, though one doubts they will learn much from it. More pertinent for us today is the matter of Peter and Paul. Each had am image of the other that was none Read More... from Rector’s Reflections 28th June...
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Our annual Synod affords the opportunity to discuss the policy and objectives of the church, with a view to making the future better than the past. Needless to say that does not always happen, but we live in hope. The synod of our 150th year has significance if only for Read More... from Rector’s Reflections 21st June...
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Tomorrow the Australian Church remembers Evelyn Underhill English spiritual writer and pacifist. Born at the height of the Victorian era and living into the darkest days of the second world war, her life spans the apogee and the decline of the British Empire. She was writing at a time Read More... from Rector’s Reflections 14 June...
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