When God Calls You To Walk Through Suffering’s Door

(Condensed article by Glena Marshall) I was 34 when I used the word ‘chronic’ in front of the word ‘pain’ for the first time. I said it in a small voice, wondering if five years of suffering was long enough to merit the phrase. When this door of suffering opened...

The ‘S’ word

I was intrigued initially when I saw Ian’s sermon title for this Sunday, ‘The S word’. What could it stand for? Didn’t take long to find out. The passage he will be unpacking from 1 Peter 3:1-7 is all about ‘submission’ in the context of marriage. In Australia, one in...

“Give thanks with a grateful heart”

With our ‘Thanksgiving’ month concluding on Sunday, I thought I’d offer a final reflection on thanksgiving. I suspect that many of us would not think of ourselves as ungrateful but you might want to think again because ingratitude shows up in our lives in a variety of...

Stones, Rocks , Priests and Nations

I’ve always been amazed at the imagery present in the Bible and how so many parallels exist between the Old and New Testaments.  The Book of 1 Peter contains some stunning examples. In 1 Peter 2:4, Christ is the “living stone”, the foundation on which the church...

Perspective

Be truly glad! There is wonderful joy ahead, even though the going is rough for a while down here. 1 Peter 1:6 This week I’ve been listening to an audiobook reporting interviews with Ukrainian civilians on their roles in the ongoing war effort. One particular story...

Small act of kindness

“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention” (Oscar Wilde) Back in the early 1930s, William Stidger, a well-known American author and minister, who published twenty-two volumes of prose and two of poetry was hanging out with a group of...