Tag: Justice
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A Meeting at the Margins
Nov 23, 2025Luke 23:33-43 In a world bent on seeing red, we’re invited to see the way God truly sees us — and I mean all of us — beloved and holy. On this Christ the King Sunday, true power is revealed not from a throne or a crown looking down, but from the cross. Here, Christ’s…
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Empty Hands, Full Hearts
July 6, 2025Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 In a world where peace is often twisted by power, consumerism, and fear, Jesus calls us to a radically different kind of peace—one that is received, shared, and disruptive. Sent out like the 72, we enter lives with empty hands, listening hearts, and courage to witness the inherent dignity and…
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God the Verb
June 22, 20251 Kings 19:1-15a We often think of God as a noun but what if God is more like a verb—restless, reconciling, and fiercely alive—moving through the world and shaping the Church not as a building or institution, but as a people on the way? From Elijah’s whisper to Christ’s resurrection, God’s action calls…
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Bearing Fruit in Barren Times
Feb 16, 2025Jeremiah 17:5-10 In secular- Australia, we have often been shy about our faith… and for good reason. The atrocities we have come to learn about through colonization and the Royal Commission has meant many of us have kept the Gospel hidden. But good news can’t be hidden even by our worst human failings,…
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Reorienting the Reign of Christ
Mysterious, mighty and meek God, You turn rulers and realms on their headYou turn a crown of jewels into the crown of thornsYou reveal the thrown of glory by giving over your seat to wash disciples’ feet As we gather ourselves in this spaceand orient ourselves to your upside down kingdomworshiping the king who became…
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Liberation’s Way
Angel of YHWHYou are the pillar of cloudthat lights up the nightone with the darknessand one with our fright. Lead us awayfrom powers and politicsthat subdue and persuadeand guide us on dry landthe path to your freedomby Moses’ hand. Form a wall of gracefor the downcast and displaced:those we turn our backs towardsand those we…
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The Samaritan in our Census
(painting by Banksy) Last week the results of the 2021 census revealed many things about our Australian culture. Australia has increased by over 2 million people since the last census in 2016, mostly due to immigration. This means Australia is becoming more diverse with more people speaking different languages and practicing different cultures. The silent…
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Reclaiming the Reptilian
Sometimes the world feels like it is against me. I admit I contribute to this rivalry: intensifying the fight more than I might need to. But I can’t help it, or it feels like I can’t. Or I haven’t yet mastered the tools of disarming my reptilian brain. Like a wild animal, my hair stands…
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Blessed are They
It has been a shocking past few weeks for the marginalized in Australia. To hearing, again, how terribly Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins have been treated and unheard, how the health minister was spending time at a cricket game instead of taking control of the escalating deaths in aged care, the insulting $200 gesture to…
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United and Tied: A Tribute to Saint Francis
You who lives and breathes in the heartbeat of a tired horse, in the flutter of a black-throated finch and in the deep dark eyes of a Tasmanian Devil. You who has no bounds, who neither lives far away and high above nor hidden in the complexities and competition of intellect and cognition. You who…
by Rev Alisha 