Rev Tom Stuart Minister of the Charlestown and Garden Suburb Congregation. Celebrating this year 40 years of marriage and 31 years of ministry. Past placements include Nyngan, Gloucester,and Parkes. I started out ministry as a youth worker in Griffith, and then as a Lay pastor at Menindee. These days I am spending more time doing spiritual practices, which gives me a greater opportunity of seeing what God wants me to do rather than having my sensibilities being consumed by day-to-day life.
Psalm 148 invites not just people but all of creation — stars, oceans, mountains, and animals — to praise God. Our part in that cosmic song is to live as we were made to live: with kindness, truth, and care for the world.
Love and truth always begin in smallness and vulnerability, openness and trust. The need to have courage and let go and to be changed, is how survival happens even in great danger. The way of God does not mirror the powers and “Herod’s” of this world. God’s love transforms.
Love and truth always begin in smallness and vulnerability, openness and trust. The need to have courage and let go and to be changed, is how survival happens even in great danger. The way of God does not mirror the powers and “Herod’s” of this world. God’s love transforms.
Only days after singing Joy to the World, the lectionary confronts us with the flight to Egypt and the massacre of the innocents. This jarring shift reveals something essential about how God always works — through vulnerability, smallness, and love that no darkness can overcome.
Finding peace and calmness in the troubles that surround us, is not easy. Fear is often present.<br /> However if we practice a consciousness of Christ in our lives, everyday, this will bring peace and calmness so we can recognise there is no need to be afraid.<br /> God is always present whether we are conscious of it or not.
Finding peace and calmness in the troubles that surround us, is not easy. Fear is often present.<br /> However if we practice a consciousness of Christ in our lives, everyday, this will bring peace and calmness so we can recognise there is no need to be afraid.<br /> God is always present whether we are conscious of it or not.
Seeing the sun rise on Easter Day morning is like an explosion of ‘Resurrection Life’. When we recognize that the Resurrection is not ‘historical’ but an ever present reality that happens over and over, it is then that we can catch a glimpse what the meaning of this life really is – it is much bigger than any death!
Seeing the sun rise on Easter Day morning is like an explosion of ‘Resurrection Life’. When we recognize that the Resurrection is not ‘historical’ but an ever present reality that happens over and over, it is then that we can catch a glimpse what the meaning of this life really is – it is much bigger than any death!
Paying taxes to Caesar is thought to be a perfect trap for Jesus. The Jews had their own money but for taxes, they had to pay in Roman money – effaced with Caesar’s image. Here Matthew provides insight into the nature and brilliance of Jesus and His purpose.<br /> Jesus calls us to look beyond what our human concerns expect….
Paying taxes to Caesar is thought to be a perfect trap for Jesus. The Jews had their own money but for taxes, they had to pay in Roman money – effaced with Caesar’s image. Here Matthew provides insight into the nature and brilliance of Jesus and His purpose.<br /> Jesus calls us to look beyond what our human concerns expect….
Peter makes a speech in this part of Acts telling people to ‘Listen”. Easter events have bought a transformation for all who believe and is the start of a new age. This transformation is for people’s lives – God’s Spirit is a gift for all.
Peter makes a speech in this part of Acts telling people to ‘Listen”. Easter events have bought a transformation for all who believe and is the start of a new age. This transformation is for people’s lives – God’s Spirit is a gift for all.