Posts from September 2020

Will it be ‘single-figure-Sunday’? It was not so Friday or Saturday… despite hopes. Is this the new ‘game’ to sweep over Melbourne, a game borne of increasing optimism albeit subdued? If not Sunday will it be ‘mono-figure-Monday’? Yet we dare not expect too much as here in Melbourne we wait with some anticipation for the Government’s response tomorrow as it adjusts the…

Dear Congregation, Once again tomorrow I will look across the distinctly empty pews of the church, and yes I will remember that most of you are watching via YouTube – remembering, how important that is, and none more so than in terms of the grace of God to us through Jesus Christ in whom He is gathering  and establishing a people as His people, a people of faith, a…

Dear Congregation, Someone recently described living under the covid-restrictions as running a race we didn’t want to run, only to find that it is a marathon no one is happy about. He said: ‘It’s like we were all signed up for a marathon we didn’t want to run, and as we approach what looks like the finish line, we are told, ‘Just keep running!’” Here in Victoria this week…

Dear Congregation, This morning I heard a question I’ve never heard asked before, which is probably saying a lot about the finiteness of my experience. It was introduced as a bonding type question: ‘Does anyone here come from a family?’               Now I’ll let you in on the context, it was asked by Fred…