Some Reflections After 9 Years Offering the Remembering The Battle Service every April 29

                                                                      Gate Pa – Year B  Easter Sunday 2024 Readings:First Reading: Isaiah 25:6-9     Second Reading: Acts 10:34-43Gospel:John 20:1-18What I want to say: Our friend died this week. The resurrection affirms that she is with God now. Swal…

John talks about the writer of John's gospel and Jeremiah both reframe what is going on to find hope in the midst of despair.As we approach an interregnum and gather for our AGM how might we reframe the story of Anglican Parish of Gate Pa?What might the parable of the seed dying to bear fruit …

Last week we talked about “carrying our cross with some examples of “martyrs”. When John got home he read about MLK Jr, and some of his experiences with his father in Jim Crow South  – living the truth that he was created a man in the image of God. God made him "Somebody!"  Carrying our c…

A reflection to help people into the story of Palm Sunday, to ask where are they in this story, and what do they see? Invite them to ask, as Jesus sees everything, what are we invited to see?We watched Rev Dr Rodney Aist speak in front of Church of the Holy Sepulchre  on St George's College Je…