Having listened to the Old Testament lesson set for today, I am tempted to put my preparation aside and preach on the words, `Do not treat the deaf with contempt`. It`s right up there with the other commandments, ... read more

Russ: If you have ever sat in a Court Room, you would have become acutely aware of ... read more

`A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,` So writes Shakespeare. Well possibly - because once something is named it carries all sorts of expectations. In th ... read more

Just before Christmas, one of my friends posted a clip on Facebook of Peter Rollins speaking which I`m going to put on in a moment - Rollins is a 44 year old writer, philos ... read more

Lazy days on holiday for some; others experiencing the frenetic demands of retail sales etc; family gatherings; new beginnings for others.

Not actually the beginning of the year for the church community, that w ... read more

Joseph, we are told, was a good man; a man who always did what was right. He kept his nose clean; he worked hard; he stayed out of trouble; he did the right thing by his neighbours; he did unto ot ... read more

Today`s passage from Luke`s gospel tells the story of the Prodigal Son (15: 11-32). And as I read it again, what leapt out at me was a phrase that took me back through the mists of time to when I was actually young. ... read more

I don`t know about you, but I`m a great believer in making a shopping list and sticking to it. I`m sure that`s the only way to go shopping. Unfortunately I can`t put it into effect ... read more

On weekends as a child I played on our farm in Kent, England. One Sunday I strayed further afield and was playing with a friend on a heap of road gravel between St Peter`s Anglican Church and my grandparents` home. T ... read more

It is a question of the way we are to live.

Some of the most disturbing people who ever lived were the prophets. Their inspiration brought the Bible into being. Their condemnation ... read more

(A video clip parodying election advertising)

For me, that clip first played on ABC News 24 was the highlight of the election. This campaign has not been the most inf ... read more

K: The Old Testament lectionary reading this morning is from Kings

R: and also a reading of recorded events that occurred at Noonkanbah WA in1980.

K: Listen to these two sto ... read more

Last week we held our monthly Amnesty group meeting. As usual it was full of talk and sharing, particularly since we had someone from the WA branch office visiting, and working out the letters we woul ... read more

The threefold theme continues in the readings set for this Trinity Sunday. The first from Proverbs names Wisdom (Sophia in Greek) as a co-creator at the beginning of time. Then w ... read more

Last week in the service at Wembley Downs, Matt asked who we would most like to have dinner with, if we had the opportunity to pick anyone we could, either alive or dead. I picked among others, Desmond T ... read more

As you all know I combine a love of science, and more particularly a love of human biology and anatomy, with my role here at Wembley Downs. I teach anatomy and human biology to first and sec ... read more

We have heard from Nev about Jesus and Palm Sunday - when Jesus rides on a donkey into Jerusalem and Pilate rides in from the coast on a war horse. As Nev said, two men and two different ways of seeing life. It causes me to ... read more

As I start writing this sermon I`m not sure where it will lead. I note that later this evening Bill Loader will start his Lenten series on the books that did ... read more

It`s been an interesting and slightly disarming week. Every now again doubt comes knocking on my door, like an old friend who occasionally reappears, to my surprise. Faith ... read more

Kerry: There are some passages in Deuteronomy that we suspect never make it to a pulpit. Try reading the previous chapter! The Pentateuch, which comprises the first five books of the bible, of wh ... read more

`Moses came down from Mt Sinai . . . he did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God.` (Ex 34:29)

`Exalt the Lord our God, ... read more

I would firstly acknowledge a couple of friends who have helped me with this sermon, Stan Grant and Nadia Bolz Weber, who seems to be influencing me a lot lately. Some of th ... read more

SO, I`M going TO TALK ABOUT FAITH, but given that faith manages to make it onto the list of most ... read more

Cynthia Brown very kindly send me a copy of Karen`s Christmas Day sermon which I found not only to be interesting but also very much similar to at least some of the material I have pr ... read more

Christmas. It`s a mad, crazy time, Yet sometimes amazing things happen, little things that are surprising.

I was at the carpark at the Innaloo shops the other day and was waiting for a spot while someone else pu ... read more

Children`s Time - Introduction

Who has a favourite book? ….. I`ve still got two of my favourite books from my childhood - this one was given to me 55 years ago for attendance at ... read more

I wrote this sermon before the events of Saturday when over 100 people were killed in Paris. I debated a whether to change it, but in the end I stand by what I wrote then, although it is not easy for a ... read more

It is hard coming back from holidays. Somehow you have been in a different place, at a different pace, experiencing different things, and then, woosh, you are back. It`s a bit like time trave ... read more