When people find out that I am a minister (and not the political kind) often their first question is 'what do you do?' Do you lead worship /mass/ services on Sundays? Often people struggle for the words to describe this. I answer that I do. Then sometimes, the next question people ask is 'but what do you do on the other...

As the minister at Richmond Uniting Church I regularly spend time with people who are experiencing homelessness. People who have, very often, had a series of devastating experiences and who are now close to rock bottom. People who still maintain a sense of humour and warmth. People who are making the best of awful situations. At Richmond Uniting we are committed...

Over the last few weeks appalling images of suffering have been beaming into our homes from Syria. We see innocent people caught in the crossfire of devastating violence. Human ugliness is on full display in this violence and our hope can be drained. However, at the same time, people from across different faiths and cultures are also responding with compassion and...

Whether or not you attend worship regularly, you may have some familiarity with what is called 'The Lord's Prayer'. It is often shared in wedding services and funeral services.  It is prayed - or recited - at Parliament House each day that Parliament sits, and it is prayed during worship in churches around the world, across Christian traditions, wherever Jesus communities...