Tag: unity
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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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The Story in Our Flesh
June 8, 2025Acts 2:1-21 The story of God isn’t something we just tell — but something written into our very flesh. Pentecost invites us to trace the wild thread from Sinai to the upper room, from law to love, from breath to Spirit — a story still catching fire in our lungs today. Because the church isn’t…
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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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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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Here I AM
I AM who lives and breathes in soil,you teach us to let up our toilof trying to prove our worthlike anything could separate usfrom the heartbeat of this earth. Help us understandhelp us knowhow our bodies are interwoven with this whole.Help us take off these sandalsexpose our solesto the pure dust and dirtyou encompass and…
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The People of Pentecost
Today I find myself studying the ancient Biblical Hebrew language in a cafe, sitting next to two girls in hijabs on lunch break from the Muslim High School across the street. The waitress – a boisterous, punk, pink-haired barista – is learning French from her colleague who immigrated from France when she serves me my…
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This Barren Tomb
We have journeyed long and hard, into the recesses of our souls, in the darkness of the night, in the unknown and frightful, to find ourselves at an empty tomb, with joy and praise, with love and laughter, and yet with fear. Where are you in this hollow? What is this call to follow you…
by Rev Alisha 