Thought for the week
Thought For The Week 4 June 2023
Last Sunday evening our family had a great time at the Illuminate Light & Sound Experience in the Botanical Garden. One of my favourite displays was the giant Astronaut and planets from our solar system. We often end up talking about space, our galaxy and the universe in our family. I think this is because […]
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Thought for the Week 28 May 2023
At this week’s Presbytery Council meeting our Moderator, Rev. Phyll Harris, gave a devotion on Exodus 6:6-8. In these three short verses, through Moses, God outlines his promises for the captive people of Israel. There are three “I am” phrases: One at the beginning, one at the end, and one at the centre of the […]
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Thought For The Week 21 May 2023
Have you ever noticed that when you encounter someone who is experiencing a challenge that you have been through yourself, you may find yourself more empathetic to that person because you’ve walked the same road? I experienced that recently when my daughter Sophie fractured her foot. I’ve also broken bones and spent some time on […]
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Thought For The Week 14 May 2023
I want to share a poem I wrote some years back – the vivid memory for me is Mr O’Connor calling the roll each morning in my Standard 6 class at Highfield School. I think Mr O’Connor was my best teacher. present when i was at school the teacher called the roll the child named […]
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Thought For The Week 7 May 2023
We are coming towards the end of the Easter season in the church, and enjoying a last bit of golden, autumn weather. Leaves rustling on the ground. The smell of cool earth, cut grass and wood fires. The sound of children playing in the parks. It might just be my favourite time of year. It is […]
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Thought For The Week 30 April 2023
Of Shepherds and Sheep Our lectionary Psalm this week is Psalm 23, one of the most well-known and loved pieces of scripture. Perhaps it is a favourite because it affirms God’s presence with us in every season of life. We read it when our cup overflows, we pray it when we know the peace of […]
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Thought For the Week 23 April 2023
This weekend I will be travelling to Fairlie to moderate the AGM of the Mackenzie Cooperating Parish. At times it might seem like a chore to attend another meeting (and, as Presbyterians, we are never short of meetings!). However, there is also a real privilege in sharing worship and fellowship with our brothers and sisters […]
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Thought For The Week 16 April 2023
Even though our Lent reflections series have concluded, I’ve been looking at various paintings of this week’s reading from John’s Gospel, of the story of Thomas meeting the risen Jesus. One painting that stuck out to me was Caravaggio’s “The Incredulity of Saint Thomas”, painted in 1601. In the painting (on the cover), Thomas is […]
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Thought For The Week 9 April 2023
This morning we have enjoyed our dawn Easter service, remembering and celebrating the sheer wonder and joy of Jesus’s first disciples when they encountered the Risen Lord. These disciples who, for three years, had been travelling up and down the country with Jesus, proclaiming, healing, teaching and delivering right alongside him. They had witnessed miracles and had their […]
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Thought For The Week 2 April 2023
Last week’s Lent reflection considered the event John places right before Jesus’ triumphal entry, his anointing at the house of Mary, Martha and Lazarus in Bethany (John 12:1-11). The image on the cover of the newsletter won’t do the painting of Mary washing Jesus’ feet by Lars Justinen justice. But you may still get a sense […]
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