Reflections for July 2025

The story we hear today of Abraham negotiating with God always strikes me as somewhere between comical and extraordinary (Genesis 18:20-32). Is God really prepared to haggle like some market trader? Aren’t we more used to the idea that we bring our petitions to the Lord and then we wait (and maybe wait some more) […]

Sometimes the people we hear about in scripture can seem very distant and very different from us. Not so Martha. I can identify immediately with her state of mind – really trying her best to make everything nice for everyone but really not getting the support she needs and deserves. Have you never felt like

Love God and love your neighbor. It’s not complicated. Moses pointed this out thousands of years ago (Deuteronomy 30:10-14). Jesus did the same (Luke 10:25-37).  But Jesus went further. He took the effort to tell a story to make the point clear. He accepts that even the obvious may need spelling out, and does so

Our readings today may leave us feeling conflicted. “Rejoice!” (Isaiah 66:10-14c) Really?  There seems little to rejoice about as we look out at a world racked by war and poverty. We know this is “normal”, violence and hate are not unusual over human history. What perhaps hurts more is that attitudes of hate and violence,