June 2019
Jesus teachings. Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18. June 19, 2019
Nga mihi mahana e hoa ma, rangimarie ki a koutou katoa. Warm greetings again friends and peace be with you all. Assalam alaykum! The Wednesday gospel text from the lectionary this week is Matthew 6:1-6 and 16-18. We have been back in Matthew reading the Sermon on the Mount for most of the last 10 […]
Jesus, salt & light and the law. Matthew 5:13-20. June 12, 2019
Womin-Jeka, (which is the local Wurundjeri indigenous phrase for welcome in my part of Australia) sisters and brothers and warm greetings from a mild Melbourne winter. I trust all is well in your world. Today’s gospel text comes from Matthew 5:13-20, where Jesus instructs his followers on being salt and light before going on to […]
Jesus prayer for us. John 17:11-19. June 5, 2019
Nga mihi mahana e hoa ma, rangimarie ki a koutou katoa! Warm greetings friends, peace be with you all. Today our gospel text is from John 17:11-19, part of a prayer Jesus prayed for us. This is a beautiful prayer where Jesus is pleading with his Father to care for us as he is about […]
The work of the Spirit, John 16:12-15. May 29, 2019
Greetings, this weeks reading comes from John 16:12-15, the work of the Holy Spirit. It is said that the Pentecostal stream of Christianity was birthed at the Azusa Street Revival in Los Angeles in 1905. It is the fourth major strand of the Christian religion, following on from Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Protestantism. However, many […]