At Christmas, we naturally reflect on families, on children. I think of the baptisms I’ve been privileged to celebrate. When a child is...

One of the amazing things about our universe is that it is expanding. This is impossible to imagine because it is not expanding into...

Today is Gaudete Sunday. The name comes from the Latin word for rejoice which we find in today’s entrance antiphon, which itself comes...

The Australian government made world headlines this week, with its legislation to ban children, people under the age of 16, from using...

Last week, I mentioned the proximity of blessing and temptation in the Bible; the fraught nature of humanity as the site of the...

There is a dance that goes on throughout the Bible, throughout salvation history. It is a dramatic dance, a demanding dance. From one...

Probably most of us in this church have been affected by divorce and family breakup in some way. That’s why it’s very important that we...

Last week we had in our first reading a prophetic account of the experience of truth, not only of its eternity, but also its demands. We...

Today and next week, our first readings challenge us with the question: how much do I believe? Do I really believe all the way down? This...

A while ago, I mentioned a new book about Jesus himself stating he is divine. Today’s readings give us an explicit example. The prophet...

‘Laws and customs’– that is what Moses is placing before the Israelites. Isn’t that what we expect religious leaders to do, lay out the...

Today we continue our reading of John chapter 6, one of the central treatments of the mystery of the Incarnation, the mystery of the...

Today, I’d like to focus on three aspects of these readings: first, the role of wisdom, second, the idea of the fool and, third, the idea...

This week I was thinking about preaching on the first reading. I was wondering whether God’s message was perhaps: before you do anything...

What is it that we are hungering for? Let’s think about our lives, what do we need? Is it something material? Is it security, the...

Today, I would like to approach our gospel in two ways. The first way is as a reminder to be on the lookout for God’s grace. The second...

Most of us would know good virtuous people of other faiths, and of no explicit religious faith. People who obey the laws, who love their...

A while ago, I remember playing in Alma Park with one of my brothers and his children. There was construction on the trainline running...

I’d invite you, when you have the time, to have a good look at the windows on the back wall of our church. They are quite beautiful, and...

That last line of the gospel is a bit strange. Jesus saying, “You are my friends if you do what I command you”, makes us question his...