Readings: Jeremiah 8:18–9:1, 1 Timothy 2:1–10 & Luke 16:1–13 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity. (1 Tim. 2:1–2 NRSV) The Apostle Paul tells us that we should pray…

Readings: Jeremiah 4:11–12, 22–28, 1 Timothy 1:1–2, 12–19a & Luke 15:1–10 Recently I bought myself a new DVD player. My old one had broken down about three years ago and I hadn’t bothered replacing it, because at that time I started watching movies on iTunes and Netflix. But one of the parishioners from St Andrew’s kindly offered to lend me, on DVD,…

Readings: Jeremiah 18:1–11, Philemon 1:1–25 & Luke 14:25–35  A lot of people in the world today, especially people in Western society, believe they have all the answers. They believe they are completely self-sufficient, and not reliant on anyone else. They believe they, and they alone, are completely in control of everything that happens in their lives. They deny the possible existence of…

Readings: Jeremiah 2:4–13, Hebrews 13:1–8, 15–16 & Luke 14:1, 7–14 I grew up in West Footscray, very much in a working class family. My Dad drove a furniture delivery truck,  and later worked as a store-man, while my Mum worked as an Accounts Clerk. We were not particularly well off, but in saying that, I don’t ever recall us going without anything.…