Prodigal Son                                                                                            31 March 2019   Reading: Luke 15:1-3, 11-32   There are hugs and then there’s hugs. As far as hugs go, this one has to be right up there. Five-year-old Ayaan Naeem stood quietly with his family after the burial of his father and brother who were both victims of the mosque shooter. […]

Ash Wednesday                                                                     6 March 2019 Reading: Matthew 6:1-6,16-21; Joel 2:1-2, 12-17   Between the years 1854 and 1929 over 200,000 orphans and abandoned children in cities in the east of the United States were put on trains in search of families. Many of the children had lost their parents in epidemics, some where from […]

Giving up Judging Others for Lent                                                      3 March 2018 Sunday before Lent, St Luke’s   Reading: Luke 6:37-45   I heard of a very successful executive driving down a suburban street in his brand new silver Jaguar. Suddenly a brick was thrown from the footpath thumping dangerously into the side of the car. Stopping […]