Thought for the Week

Eric Bogle’s song ‘The Gift of the Years’ is about an old Aussie soldier returning to a ceme- tery in a foreign land, 75 years later, talking to his friend who had died. In the song, he says: And the country that you died for, mate, you would not know it now, The future that […]

Last week our grandson who turns 4 in a few days had a big smile on his face, in the photo, pointing to his green band aid on his arm. He got more ‘superpowers’ and he didn’t cry at all! Yes, he had another round of the childhood vaccinations we’ve all, no doubt, had. (They […]

I was fascinated listening to – and marvelling – at a podcast about how neuroscience is trying to help people who suffer from such things as post traumatic stress disorder. Currently the chemistry used to help people affects all of the brain but if only the amygdala in the brain could be targeted or if […]

We have resumed Ascension’s Bible Study and we tend to ‘scratch the itch’ in terms of the topics we study whether that be biblical, confessional, doctrinal, ethical, historical, or practical – what do people want to study, know about, talk about? I was asked to prepare something on the liturgy – its history and function […]

What’s funny? A man walks into a bar. Ouch. (You were expecting something else?! 🙂 ) I have chuckled at the bulletin notice – sometimes seen on church noticeboards – ‘Don’t let worry kill you. Let the Church help.’ 🙂 No doubt we’ve heard that epistles are the wives of the apostles or about the […]

Last weekend wasn’t my ‘shining hour’ liturgy-wise. I presided at four Divine Services using three Settings. I could almost hear the advocates of only ever using the one liturgical setting smirking. It wasn’t that I did anything liturgically wrong, chanted a heresy or the like, but I was conscious that I occasionally stumbled over a […]