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It might seem shocking that, so soon after Christmas, we are beginning the Lenten journey, preparing ourselves for the painful drama of...

Two processions made their way into Jerusalem on the day we remember as Palm Sunday. One procession came from the west of the Roman...

Like many of us in Australia and the southern hemisphere I have had reason of late to drive along the various highways and byways where...

At this point in Lent the cross begins to loom large and cast its shadow over us. But what does that mean exactly? And how do our curious...

Jesus comes overturning not only the money changers tables in the Temple but all our carefully constructed systems of merit, identity,...

Only week two of Lent and already we glimpse the heart, the task, the challenge of not only Lent but in some sense the very gospel and...

The journey of Lent leads us into the wilderness. But it does not start there! According to the gospel of Mark, Lent begins with Jesus...

Is it really a year since we last prepared ourselves for the Lenten journey? In many ways Lent is the perennial path, the spiralling...

Palm Sunday is the beginning of Holy Week and the time we hear of our Lord’s passion for us and remember the last week of his human life:...

In the readings for Lent Five (John 11:1-45; Ezekiel 37:1-14; Psalm 130; and Romans 8:6-11.) we see and hear a foretaste of resurrection...

This week the readings seem to invite us to explore how God sees us, how well or blindly we see, and how this process of being seen, of...

To be human is to be thirsty – for water, meaning, security, adventure, relationship, belonging – for life. The stories this week (Lent...