Reflection of the Week - 19th December 2023
'I am offering you life or death. Choose life, then, so that you and your descendants may live in the love of Yahweh, your God, obeying his voice, holding fast to him’ (Deuteronomy 30:19–20).
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Opportunities to serve the councils of the Church
Currently expressions of interest are sought from members of the Uniting Church in South Australia with professional experience and skills to serve on the Synod Standing Committee, Resources Board or Property Committee.
Reflection of the Week - 12th December 2023
We long for that moment when everything will be made right; when our world will be released from pain, poverty and injustice. We wait in hope, however; sure in the knowledge that God’s promises never fail, and that Jesus is already King.
Advent Reflection
We are now entering Advent, the season that begins the Church’s year, and it reminds us that our hope is not in ourselves but in God coming to us.
Reflection of the Week - 5th December 2023
The Gospels tell us that Jesus often went away by himself to pray, but in this chapter, we get a rare chance to overhear one of his prayers.
Reflection of the Week - 28th November 2023
Christian community is the place where we keep the flame of hope alive among us and take it seriously so that it can grow and become stronger in us.
Reflection of the Week - 21st November 2023
The crossing of the Red Sea is an event of tremendous drama. Older generations might remember Charlton Heston in the famous scene in the movie The Ten Commandments (1956), in which the water literally forms walls in the sea on either side of the fleeing Israelites.
Reflection of the Week - 14th November 2023
This is an extraordinarily moving story because it shows so clearly the reality of grief. A loved brother has died, and his sisters are prostrated with sadness – and they're confused and resentful, because they believe Jesus could have saved him.
Reflection of the Week - 7th November 2023
I believe that, right now, Jesus is asking us the question, couldn’t you watch with me even one hour? How do we answer? Do we go back to sleep? Do we mumble excuses? Do we change the channel?
Reflection of the Week - 31st October 2023
Several years ago, I complained to a mentor that my relationship with God felt flat, distant and like I was going through the motions. On top of that, I found dealing with people increasingly frustrating and my patience waning.
Reflection of the Week - 24th October 2023
The older we become, the more we realize how limited we are in our ability to love, how impure our hearts are, and how complex our motivations are.
Reflection of the Week - 17th October 2023
Because grief hurts it is often seen as a ‘problem’ that needs to be fixed, or got through, or ignored or made to go away. But grief is not a problem.
Reflection of the Week - 10th October 2023
God’s forgiveness is unconditional; it comes from a heart that does not demand anything of itself, a heart that is completely empty of self-seeking.
Reflection of the Week - 3rd October 2023
How can we live in the midst of a world marked by fear, hatred, and violence, and not be destroyed by it?
Reflection of the Week - 26th September 2023
Many of us have experiences of having God intervene in our lives to bring positive change, healing, protection, encouragement or even rescue.
Reflection of the Week - 19th September 2023
To befriend death, we must claim that we are children of God, sisters and brothers of all people, and parents of generations yet to come.
Reflection of the Week - 12th September 2023
From whom do you need forgiveness? What have you done? Have you hurt someone you love? Does the guilt or shame gnaw at you? Have you caused pain and anguish? Are you trapped in the wreckage of your actions with no visible means of escape?
Reflection of the Week - 5th September 2023
The older we become, the more we realise how limited we are in our ability to love, how impure our hearts are, and how complex our motivations are.
Reflection of the Week - 29th August 2023
I love the beauty and wonder of the natural world. Somehow the things I worry about feel smaller when I’m wandering in nature.
Reflection of the Week - 22nd August 2023
Are we lacking a daily prayer life or have we elderly relatives in nursing homes whom we never visit? Try and figure out what more we can do to gain eternal life and then put together a plan to do it.