Jan Hus and a Great Legacy to the Church

It has been over five hundred and ninety years since Jan Hus was martyred at the stake of the Council of Constance. Today, this early reformer scarcely gains a mention in texts on the church reformation. Much of what has been written about Hus is several decades old and English resources are very limited to

Making a difference in the world Isaiah 1:1-8; Acts 8:26-40

The Ordination of The Reverend Deacon Sharon Cutts Uniting Church in Australia, Wentworthville Congregation Trinity Eve, 18 June 2011 One of the world’s great business leaders and entrepreneurs is John Sculley. Sculley was the President of the Pepsi Cola Company, and it was Sculley who masterminded the Pepsi Generation. Another great business leader and entrepreneur,

I have Gone Home! Sermon preached at Wangaratta UC 22 May 2011

Acts 7:55-60 1 Peter 2:2-10 John 14:1-14 Many of you will know that Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powel founded the Scouting movement. BP as he is known to both former and present scouts had a passion to educate, train and develop boys; and later after his marriage to Olive St Clair Somes, the movement was extended

Book Review: The Pope in the Winter, John Cornwell, Penguin Books, 2005

It is interesting to read this book almost seven years after Cornwell wrote it. One may recall with vivid memory the funeral of John Paul II and the subsequent election of Joseph, Cardinal Ratzinger as Benedict XXVI. The many and varied changes from the Vatican in recent times has had Roman and non Roman Christians

The Lone Piper – Lest we forget

A lone piper plays the lament high on the castle wall. The haunting music, of the chanter, the vibration of the drones. His cloak gently flutters in the breeze and the dark night sits like a pall. Why would a piper climb so high to play this wistful tune? A lone piper plays the lament

Happy New Year…But what will 2011 bring to us?

So it is new year eve… A scan of the today’s newspapers and other media sources reveal some reflection on the year that was, advice for the new year and hopes for the year to come.  Even in the social networking world, a friend on Facebook made the comment: (sic) “Goodbye 2010, you were a

Spare Me a Dollar Old Mate? It is Christmas!

As the crowds rushed past the lone figure kneeling in front of his battered cardboard box in George Street. He was just another beggar on the streets of Sydney. Many like him on the streets of many capital cities, seeking to make a few dollars. Some will spend it unwisely on alcohol, cigarettes and drugs.

Ransomed Israel and wise men’s contemplations

As the last Sunday of advent service progressed it was not the sermon, or the fact that I was visiting the church where we will settle in our new home, but the two Christmas carols that took me on a path of deep reflection. In fact it was just a couple of lines with in

Community and Relationships Shaped by Technology – A Theologian’s View: Part II Are you Wired or Wireless?

There in the vastness of cyberspace, was a feeling that someone cared, and would ‘listen’ and value them, as people. Lamentably, in their actual community, that was missing for these people for whatever reason.

Faith and Hope – Message Trinity Sunday 30th May 2010

We live in a turbulent and troubled world There is no promise from immunity from life’s storms or turbulence. There is however, a promise that in those storms and turbulence there is one who cares for us, gives us his peace, and strength to walk though the turbulence. By faith there is justification, which gives us peace, through whom? -Our Lord Jesus Christ.