The Sixth Sunday after The Epiphany
It was lovely being away – especially seeing family some of whom I hadn’t seen in over 3 years – as well as meeting two grandsons born in 2020 and 2021 for the first time – and it is good to be back. The…
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The Seventh Sunday after The Epiphany
It was a lovely Saturday online yesterday at the ELCE’s Day of Reflection ‘Singing our Christian Faith’. There was a wide range of songs and hymns – from centuries ago to ones written by ELCE members a few years! Each song had a story…
The Sixth Sunday after The Epiphany
I heard a fascinating podcast during my driving this week about our inner voice – how we speak to ourselves to remember, to coach ourselves, to rehearse, to prepare and plan, and to help us make sense of our experiences and the world. Part…
The Fifth Sunday after The Epiphany
On this day in 1952 Princess Elizabeth, in Kenya at the time, acceded the throne upon the death of her father, King George VI, and so began the longest reign of a British monarch – a second Elizabethan age so to speak. Today the…
The Fourth Sunday after The Epiphany
I am sitting at home not wanting the phone to ring. I don’t want to ‘go to work’. What is wrong with me? “Don’t you want to share the love of Jesus, George?!” Well … it is true that I believe Jesus says ‘I…
The Third Sunday after The Epiphany
I was at Sea Cadets this week and asked to sit with a group of relatively new cadets and help them plan what we might do for Her Majesty’s Platinum celebrations in June. We had a variety of weird, wacky, and worthy ideas and…
Observing The Festival of The Epiphany of Our Lord
I haven’t mentioned cricket much lately. 😉 As I write, the 4th Ashes Test has just begun in Sydney. When you read this, the outcome will be known. So you know the outcome of which I don’t know. I can guess and hope about…
The 7th Sunday after The Epiphany
Putting pen to paper or fingers to keyboard (or quill to parchment) is often a creative act. You’re never sure what exactly might appear on the page! I recently heard an author describe her writing process as not so much detailed planning but more…
The 6th Sunday after The Epiphany
Political futures seem more volatile than ever before. Brexit dominates politics here but not so much in Australia which is about to head into a general election in May, while in the USA politics is coming to terms with the mid term elections in…
The 5th Sunday after The Epiphany
It was on a bookmark. The word attracted me. HO’OPONOPONO. I’d never seen it before and it took me a few seconds to say it out loud – to hear it – and I’ve no idea whether I’ve said it correctly. I’m assuming it…