One of the hardest lesson we face in life is coming to grips with the following contradiction. (These two things hit up against each other and seemingly can’t be resolved.)...
From the Chapel: A Contract with God
Chapel
12 September 2024
The history of the people of Israel was all about them making agreements with God, God being faithful, and them being less than always faithful! This agreement really started in...
God in Silence
Chapel
30 August 2024
From the Chapel: Effective Leadership
Chapel
15 August 2024
Unless you recently resolved not to look at any news feeds or to go on social media at all, you would be aware that the question of leadership has been...
From the Chapel: Noticing and creating beauty
Chapel
02 August 2024
The following is an extract of Father Theo’s sermon on Staff Professional Development Day. In the middle week of the break, Alison and I enjoyed a break further north, catching...
From the Chapel: Perfect Love casts out Fear
Chapel
21 June 2024
“God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them. […] There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear...
From the Chapel: The Trinity as Radical Equality
Chapel
07 June 2024
After I finished my Arts degree at Adelaide Uni, majoring in German language and literature, with a year of law thrown in for fun, I was accepted by the Anglican...
From the Chapel: Children of Light
Chapel
24 May 2024
A few years ago, a movie named ‘Captain Phillips’ came out, which tells the story of an American merchant ship captain, whose container ship was boarded by Somali pirates in...
From the Chapel
Chapel
10 May 2024
In John’s Gospel chapter 15, Jesus says, “Stay joined to me, and I will stay joined to you. Just as a branch cannot produce fruit unless it stays joined to...
From the Chapel
Chapel
22 March 2024
Two empires go to war. One is incredibly powerful, one of the most successful Europe and western Asia has ever seen. Its soldiers are well-drilled and well-disciplined. Its kingdom stretches...
From the Chapel
Chapel
08 March 2024
A number of years ago I was the Parish Priest of St Elizabeth’s Anglican Church in Oaklands Park, just around the corner from the Marion swimming centre where we hold...
From the Chapel: Ash Wednesday
Chapel
23 February 2024
I’m going to make a statement about human beings and invite you to think about it for a moment. “All human beings are of equal value.” I am hoping that...