‘…make his paths straight…’

Did these at Pain in the Arts yesterday, thinking about next Sunday (Advent 2)’s lectionary reading from Luke 3:1-6:

Climate-change Pantokrator

This is an image Marcus put together for church at Footscray Baptist on Sunday:

I was reading the Revised Common Lectionary on Sunday with Luke getting all apocalyptic.  What with ” Son of Man coming on cloud”, “seas roaring, consider the trees… signs of the times etc.  With our hottest November since 1868 being announced it [...]

Struggling

Yesterday morning I did a Bible walk with some folks from Mountview Uniting Church. One of the things they asked me was to tell them the story of someone I know from the street who’s had their life transformed. I said that I know a lot of people who’ve been able to make changes in [...]

Branch of David

Tomorrow night I’ll be using this animation at Collins Street Baptist Church, for the first Sunday of Advent.

It is based on the lectionary reading from Jeremiah 33:14-16. Just before this section, Jeremiah has been talking about how God has allowed the Babylonians to destroy Israel, because of their evil. But he says they will have another [...]

Blythe’s Advent reflections

I mentioned a couple of days back that Advent starts on Sunday. Advent is the time in the church calendar when we await the birth of Jesus, which we remember on Christmas Day. Blythe Toll has put together some reflections for Advent (scripture readings, queries, video), which you can find here.

Curly worms

… a righteous Branch …

This Sunday will be the first Sunday of Advent, so I’ve been having a bit of a look at the lectionary readings. Jeremiah 33 talks about how Israel is pretty much doomed because of their evil. But then it goes on to talk about God causing ‘a righteous branch to spring up for David’. So [...]

What I’ve been drawing in my notebook

Did this at Pain in the Arts on Wednesday:

… a spirit or an angel …

Did this at Pain in the Arts yesterday, reflecting on a tweet from @JesusQueries:

Is creativity that important?

Took the blocks to Pain in the Arts today, and we talked a little bit about getting in touch with the inner artist-child. Was thinking about how it often seems like creativity is not that important. I’d say that opportunities to be creative are quite important to the Credo community. If you can’t be creative, [...]