Smart Tiles 7

There’s an old Gospel song that we used to sing called (I think) Joshua Fit The Battle of Jericho. It had a catchy tune and it was an amusing take on the story of Joshua’s invasion of Jericho by means of trumpets. It might even have had actions to go...

1 November, 2020 Mathew 5: 1-12 All Saints Day Matthew 23: 1-12 The truth of words and aligned actions are key to being a follower of Jesus.  His disciples are to follow the teachings of the religious leaders only when their authority comes from “Moses’ seat”, but they are not...

The Silence, Don DeLillo, Picador. Don DeLillo finished this novella before COVID struck, but it speaks to this year’s turbulent events, where we might wonder if we are experiencing a foretaste of future calamities and are disoriented by the present. (One character muses presciently about ‘the facemasks, the city streets...

Rev. Stuart Bollom is the new Director of Mission (School) for NSW and ACT Synod, a role he began on Monday 19 October.According to Rev. Bollom, the role will see him working with Schools in the Synod, assisting them to, “find ways to better reflect the ministry and values of...

The Uniting Church will seek ways in which the baptized may have confirmed to them the promises of God, and be led to deeper commitment to the faith and service into which they have been baptized. [Basis of Union, par. 12] It seems the pandemic has bookended and pervaded every...

We don’t have “signed autograph copies” of any of the Gospels in the NT, and we also don’t have any clear and explicit identification, in the texts of those Gospels, of who actually wrote them. I’ve already considered what we can reasonably deduce from within the contents of the Gospels. This post...