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Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 NRSV The Parable of Weeds among the Wheat How did the weeds get there? Who would do such a thing? They were placed by enemies! This was something the listeners would have been too familiar with as Feuding families and feuding groups were a part...

God’s messengers can take many forms as God communicates with us in many ways. The Messenger – Archangel Gabriel is a visual representation of the presence of God’s messengers in our lives. In the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam), Gabriel is...

 Adapted from Pent 5 A Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 Jesus at the end of the passage we heard from the gospel of Matthew, made reference to a yoke. Some of you may be familiar with a yoke. We usually think of them for animals But in the past they were as often used for...

Matthew 14:22-33 NRSV Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, while he After the feeding of the thousands on east bank of Sea of Galilee, where the disciples helped Jesus feed the people. The disciples are now sent to go...

In the late 1990’s I went to an exhibition in the South Australian Art Gallery of Still Life paintings. Still Life is a genre within art. They are often very domestic scenes of household objects arranged on or with furniture. Eg. flowers in a vase. Art pieces which...

The seasons of a missional church in the suburbs. A reflection on 11 years of ministry by Rev'd Mark Hewitt Although presenting the seasons flowing in a linear fashion one after the other which they did in a fashion. In reality there was a degree of overlap as one...

Jesus lived in an Agrarian society. Or put simply ,a farming community. So Jesus, in his conversations used farming illustrations, something his listeners understood and connected with. Jesus used these illustrations as metaphors. They were symbols pointing to...

Prayer – Devotional – Worship lifeBest when using as many of our senses as possibleOur voice, hearing, sight, touch & smellAll that is around us informs, influences, shapesOur faith & religious experienceWhether intentional or unintentional. Deep breathing...

A parable... Other seed fell into good soil. (Mark 4:8) ‘A parable, that is a metaphorical story, always points externally beyond itself, points to some different and much wider referent. Whatever its actual content is, a parable is never about that content. Whatever...

"There are many times when I cannot pray, when I am too tired to read the gospels, too restless to have spiritual thoughts, too depressed to find words for God, or too exhausted to do anything. But I can still look at ... images so intimately connected with...