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Connecting with the Tent of Nations
Tonight at St Luke’s, we’ve been hearing from the Daoud Nassar from the Tent of Nations, with friends from other congregations and the community. Daoud, who heads up this centre of peacemaking that is also a working farm, hosts camps for children from across Palestine and Israel and around the…
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The Messenger – Autumn Edition
Click on the following link to download the Colour version of the Messenger’s Autumn Edition, which includes photos from our recent Twilight Fiesta! Messenger Autumn 2015 Colour
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Lent – 15th reading for discipleship reflections
It’s been almost a week since my last post – I’m going to catch up on them over the next few days. Reading: Mark 7:24-37 Jesus is in hostile territory in this passage (Tyre, up in the North West), and several commentators contend that he is staying in a Jewish house, trying to avoid the…
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Lent – 11th reading for discipleship reflections
After yesterday’s double dose, this one comes very late – in my defense I had a game of crazy whist to distract me, followed by a lunchtime appointment, then a long phone call, followed by the girls’ dance class… Reading: Mark 5:1-43 Mark offers a double dose of drama in these two miracle narratives, taking exorcism…
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Lent – 7th reading for discipleship reflections
Back to skating on thin ice, after an attack of the distractables. (sorry this post is late, in other words) Reading: Mark 2:1-22 In a fairly stark reminder of how different most of life was for the people who first heard Jesus preach, we hear the story of the paralysed man who is lowered through…
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Lent – 6th reading for discipleship reflections
I’m attending training for SRI instruction today and the (understandable and necessary) restrictions on SRI volunteers make an interesting contrast with Jesus’ free range proclamation of his message of good news. The reading for today is Mark 1:40-45 Part of Jesus’ proclamation is healing. The good news is good news in a physical and spiritual…
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Lent – 4th reading for discipleship reflections
Back to the discipline! The reading is: Mark 1:29-31 I love this short encounter Jesus has with Simon/Peter’s mother-in-law (we never meet Peter’s wife, interestingly). She’s in bed with a fever, which in that time could have meant anything from a heavy cold to any number of potentially fatal illnesses. That Jesus is told about…
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Lent – 3rd reading for discipleship reflections
The reading: Mark 1:21-28 Day three and we’re still in Mark’s first chapter, but lots is happening. We get our first mention of Capernaum, the village on the northern shores of the sea of Galilee that is Jesus’ home base in Mark’s gospel. We also get Jesus’ first teaching in the Synagogue. I love the way…
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The Messenger – Summer Edition
Our quarterly newsletter, The Messenger, is out in print and is now available online in colour, here.Messenger Summer 2014-15 colour pics 150dpi Enjoy!
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Advent Daily Devotion, 24th December
Readings: Psalm 46 Isaiah 35:1-10 Revelation 22:12-17 Luke 1:67-80 Reflection: Our Advent waiting ends tonight. Tomorrow is squeezing into the stable, ready to herald the birth, carry the cry, welcome the shepherd and set Mary pondering. The Baptist has already arrived, bound on his path to the wilderness before he can walk. Expectations are high…