(Psalm 19.1-6 & Colossians 1.15-20) Creation 4 – Cosmos Sunday 22 September 2019 – © Neil Millar How can Christianity call itself catholic if the universe itself is left out? wrote French philosopher and teacher Simone Weil (1959:116) some 7o years ago. And for Weil, catholic spelt with a small ‘c’ meant universal. In other … [Read more…]
On Sunday 15th September the life of Ninian was celebrated. The address given on the day can be found here
15 September, 2019© Ann Munro ‘I should like to know, God’s dear Saint, what work you did or what virtue you manifested that pleased Christ so much…I have no doubt that you had some special quality in regard to which none was found like you, and it is that quality I propose to investigate…Open the … [Read more…]
(Genesis 1.9-13, 20-25 & Luke 13.18-19) Creation 2 8 September 2019 – © Neil Millar Magpie, magpie, dive on me,Swoop down from your holy tree;As I pass the flower bedStick your beak into my head.Magpie, magpie, make a hole,Through my head into my soul:As I pass beneath the sunBring my troubled head undone.Magpie, magpie it … [Read more…]
(Genesis 1.1-10) Creation 1 – Oceans1 September 2019 – ©Neil Millar In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. You know, in all my years of … [Read more…]
(Luke 13.10-21) (Pentecost 11) 25 August 2019 – ©Neil Millar Here we are this morning reading about another round of Sabbath-day shenanigans. In the blue corner, weighing in at 72kgs, we have Jesus of Nazareth, teaching in the synagogue, noticing and healing a woman, long burdened by crippling infirmity. And in the red corner, weighing … [Read more…]
(Isaiah 5:1-7; Luke 12:49-56) (Pentecost 10)18 August, 2019 – © Bill Bush May the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my strength, and my Redeemer. If there are two Bible readings that challenge me, one is the Luke passage we heard today: “households will … [Read more…]
(Luke 12.13-21) Pentecost 84 August 2019 – © Neil Millar In services over the past few weeks we’ve been reflecting on the petition: ‘Give us this day our daily bread’ and this morning we’ve heard a parable about a man with an abundance of bread and the dilemma of what to do with it. As … [Read more…]
(Luke 11.1-13) Pentecost 7 28 July 2019 – © Neil Millar ‘Give us this day our daily bread’. We pray to God using these words every Sunday in our service, and over the past month I’ve been reflecting on the theme Bread for the Journey. I suggested that this request at the heart of the … [Read more…]
(Luke 10.38-42) Pentecost 6© Neil Millar – 21 July 2019 ‘Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; there is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her.’ Okay, a show of hands … Who identifies with Mary in this story? What … [Read more…]