“Fill every valley up, tear every mountain down; prepare a way for the Lord.” In these words, of the prophet Isaiah adapted from Luke’s Gospel which we hear on the...

We start out once again on the familiar journey of Advent. Consumer culture likes to remind us that the lead up to Christmas is ‘the season to spend’. Yet the...

With Advent soon approaching us, we see in Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus warning his disciples about the end of times. To begin, he describes the environmental changes that will occur -...

In Jesus’ time, those who were wealthy were seen as blessed by God and those who were poor had fallen out of favour – they were being punished for reasons...

Questions in the gospels are important and in the readings of the last two Sundays, we have heard Jesus asking a question... the same wonderful question! Firstly, to James and...

This week’s Gospel tells us about Bartimaeus, a blind beggar who was sitting on the side of the road when Jesus passed by. Bartimaeus persisted in calling out to Jesus...

Over the weekend, my wife and I attended a wedding at St Stephen’s Cathedral. During the ceremony, I reflected on my own marriage of what has been close to a...

This Sunday’s Gospel passage begins with a man eagerly seeking Jesus in his sincere pursuit of eternal life. A man who outwardly had an abundance of wealth and privilege. In...

This Sunday’s Gospel passage recounts the story of John and the other disciples running into an outsider that was casting out demons in Jesus’ name. John does not say that...

Growing up, Christmas lunch was spent at my Aunt Eil’s place. Once there, we would all begin the annual game of sardines to see how many people can physically fit...