The gift of community
One of the most cherished experiences of life is true friendship and especially enjoying the trust and company of those who love us and whom we love. [...]
God – our caring father
This Sunday is Father’s Day, where we traditionally give thanks and honour those who have fathered us. I know that in so many ways I am privileged to [...]
Deep peace of the Son of peace to you ……
One of the most amazing places I have ever been to lies a few miles off the west coast of Ireland. It’s a tiny cluster of three islands which rise abr [...]
The prophets’ vision of justice
One of the great sadness’s in life is losing close friends and relatives, and that was true for Jesus just as it is for us. Today’s Gospel reading tel [...]
God’s presence and peace in the storm
Over the last couple of weeks as we have been restricted by the Lockdown measures to help combat the latest Covid outbreaks, it’s as though we have we [...]
Share the vision of Isaiah and the comfort of the Psalms
This Sunday I had planned to recognise and thank those who have served on the Church Council and also to commission the new members. But then the lock [...]
Compassion of the good shepherd
Many years ago I studied Theology and Liturgy at Lincoln Theological College in England. It was a joint Anglican-Methodist college situated under the [...]
We are not alone
The other day I was talking to a member of our congregation at St John’s about what we might do when the restrictions ease and enable us to gather aga [...]
How to live in the land – what being holy means
The gradual easing of restriction has coincided with warmer spring weather, and it's great to see people enjoying the parklands of our city, and relis [...]
God can guide us when we listen
What a strange new world we live in, as we enter a more restricted phase of lockdown as our State Government urgently beefs up its measures to contain [...]