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This is one of those parables which dis-quietens many of us. (Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost. Proper 17 [25] Matthew 20:1-16.) We...

Forgiveness is at the centre of what it means to be in Christian community: acknowledging our need of forgiveness by God and others;...

This week’s Scripture (Matthew 18 in general and 10-20 in particular. Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost. Proper 18[23]) is all about what...

At the centre of our beliefs is the suffering and death of Jesus expressed in resurrection and his call that we too take up our cross and...

“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God –...

This week we have one of the most uncomfortable stories about Jesus where he ignores then appears to reject the Canaanite woman. And then...

We are confronted by two telling questions this week. Both of which speak to us on the faith journey - especially at those times and...

This week we continue to hear what Jesus had to say about the kingdom of heaven (Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 12 [17]. Matthew...

The parable of the wheat and the weeds is one of the many counter intuitive moments in Scripture that remind us God’s grace breaks into...

Jesus uses parables to reveal, to encourage, to challenge those open to the kingdom, and to confound those not in the right frame of mind...

The story of Abraham and Isaac, sometimes called the Akedah or the binding of Isaac, is pivotal to the Jewish and Christian faiths. And...

We have some very difficult and disturbing texts to grapple with this week leading us to reflect on who is family, tribe, group and who...