Posts from April 2009

What will your thoughts and feeling be if when you are about to die you are given an opportunity to look back over your life; as well as to look onward to what might have been but now won’t be – the things left unsaid, undone? It is reported that when Queen Elizabeth I of England was dying she said to her lady-in-waiting, ‘Oh my God! It is over. I have come to the end…

What do you know about the Yarra River, apart from that this church has it in its name and that Melbourne is situated at its mouth? One of its most interesting facts is that to the original inhabitants, the Wurundjeri people, the river was called ‘Birrarrung’ (ie, Place of Mists and Shadows). But because of language difficulties the white settlers called it “Yarra”, not…

It’s a warm Saturday afternoon and you’ve been chasing a football around the field for what seems like weeks. You’re tired, thirsty, and sweaty. When the game ends you have just enough time to duck into the change room, change your clothes, and slather on a fresh layer of deodorant before heading…

What is the point of the Christian remembrance of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, indeed of the very death and resurrection of Jesus itself? Is it merely a metaphor to help us understand and face the difficulties and pressures of life? Is it merely that the crucifixion is a metaphor finding…

The history of the human race is marked by many famous, and in their times, influential men and women. And no doubt there have been times throughout our lives when we’ve thought ‘I wish I could be more like him or her. But equally I am pretty sure that none of us would pick Judas Iscariot! Nor do I suspect any of us would choose to be Pontius Pilate – yet Pilate is the…