Month: April 2011

  • May Series: 'Ephesians – Spiritual Formation'

    Sundays in May The Holy Spirit is at work in us! He is inviting us to join a life, which is way larger than we are and built to last. But despite our best efforts to accept his invitation, why do we often find we are back where we started, unsure of ourselves and disappointed…

  • A moment from our Good Friday Tenebrae Service

    Jesus hung on the cross for six hours before he died. In that time, he spoke to his friends, to the criminal crucified next to him, and to God. These are traditionally called the Final seven sayings of Jesus. Artists from our community represented these sayings in artworks and installations that we reflected on as…

  • Fishy Business – Some serious thought on our plate this Easter.

    This is an article by our friend Phil Falcke who is currently studying a Bachelor of Science at Monash Uni. Industrial-scale fishing is pushing most of the world’s fish stocks beyond the ability to cope.  All indicators suggest that most, if not all of the world’s fisheries are heading towards rapid collapse and extinction. In…

  • Communion Prayer

    Here, O my Lord, I see thee Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face; Here would I touch and handle things unseen; Here grasp with firmer hand eternal grace, And all my weariness upon thee lean. … This is the hour of banquet and of song; This is the heavenly table spread…

  • A Prayer of Boulders and Pebbles

    I invite you to take a few deep breaths. Oh Lord, you remove the stones that burden. You see our rock hard fears, our needs, you see the closed doors, places of total darkness all around the world, disagreements, wars, the pains and prejudices we all face. Huge stones. The three women who visited that…