Fire threads through our religious traditions: it is the universal symbol of judgement catastrophe new life. Fire is the continuity between our soul-search and our everyday living. Fire-flames consume the fragile environment. Fire-flames warm the living rooms of our homes. Fire-flames fan wartime terror. This bowl of fire becomes for us a symbol of the […]

Conversations often carry undertones. You think you understood what someone has said, then on reflection you realise something quite different was intended. These last days of national political manoeuvering have revealed quite a lot of double talk. The various media presenters have shaped their language to the ideological ends of each channel operator. Did Rudd […]

This is an address in two parts. The larger and second part of the sermon will explore an appeal of the heart from today’s Gospel. I planned for this to link with the face-to face comments of these opening words. These are about the changes each of us this very moment experiences. This is my […]

Today’s Service is a celebration of the Cadigal People on whose land our church stands. It is also a reminder of our indebtedness to Indigenous people and their culture. We share a common national destiny.