Working in an unexpected Way
There’s a plum tree outside our kitchen window. I’ve been watching how buds are forming on the bare branches and know that soon they will burst into flower,
A Birthday Contemplation
In New Zealand we are preparing to mark the 21st anniversary of the founding of the four communities here at Michaelmas 1989. As good as it is to
Looking Up To The Night Sky
In the words of the Michaelmas epistle we hear of being led to higher divining.
Mundane divining (or divination) is a process that leads into the
Today is Michaelmas
Today is Michaelmas and the gospel reading is Matthew 22, The Wedding Banquet. Banquet, feast, shared dinner, being at table with family and friends, this is the setting
Inscribing the Earth
Our artist in congregation, Peter Stewart, can shape up a 7 circuit labyrinth in about an hour, with a little help from the rest of us. A
“The Great Dragon Was Hurled Down”
During our October-Michaelmas gospel readings we hear about the dragon – the ancient serpent, who has been cast down to the Earth. But who amongst
Necessary Freedom
The old argument still goes on – are we human beings living lives that are predestined, and thus predetermined, or are we quite free to
A Solid Read
Perhaps I’m an ‘over-reader’ – I’ve read more than is good for me. As a teenager I’d get through several books a week and so it continues
Why November is a time to reflect on the dead.
One of the events that we all know with absolute certainty that will happen while we are alive is that one day we will die. The rest of
ENOUGH TO STARTLE ANYONE
In the Canberra Times today there’s an article by Tom Reilly about the funeral service of Sandy and Steve Matthews who died in the recent floods
Where the theology of Rudolf Steiner becomes religious
Australian Floods and Murray River Rain Dances
This last year has seen an interesting swing in the rainfall patterns in Australia. Vast areas of land have now been under water several times through the
Easter
Standing at Peace with the World
Easter 2012
What we might need to embrace in the next ninety years
What we might need to embrace in the next ninety years of The Christian Community
During my time as a student in Stuttgart in the 80’s
90 Years Young!
The Blind Spot
Reflecting on the reading from Sunday 29th July — week 2 of our journey from St John’s Tide to Michaelmas
The plank or log in our own
Journeying on, Weeks 4 & 5 (of 10). During this week, is there a turning point?
As we cope with the sound of the ‘multitude’ in daily life, we have to keep awake if we want to ask what is going on, who is
Forgiveness
Reflecting on the reading from Sunday 5th August — week 3 of our journey from St John’s Tide to Michaelmas
The first two
Healing Speech
These ten weeks between St John’s Tide and Michaelmas can be taken as a pilgrimage with the Way marked by the gospel readings for each week; moving from the
Michael and the Dragon
In The Christian Community there are special prayers for each season known as the Epistles. These prayers are not the traditonal letters of the New Testament that
What we might need to embrace in the next ninety years
What we might need to embrace in the next ninety years of The Christian Community
During my time as a student in Stuttgart in the 80’s
Reflections On The Longbeach Camp
Greetings to my fellow Happy Campers from Longbeach 2013,
I would like to share with you all my Golden Moment, as a way to express the part you played in my
The Time of the Year and its opportunities…
The first part of the year falls behind us. Advent, Christmas and Epiphany, the festivals of the birth and incarnation of Christ, have resounded into the New Year.