Book: Romans

Twenty-five years on from 9/11, still trapped between an angry sea and old enemies, and still asked to accept a mercy that plays no favourites.

Peter begged Jesus to avoid the coming disaster. Paul offers something braver: how to live with love, courage and beauty when there’s no escape.

A footballers’ scandal, a call to sober judgment, and an uncomfortable question: how much of this culture do we all help sustain?

Kindred is beautiful – and it always draws a line (usually without realising). A sermon on Joseph, Jesus, and grace beyond the boundary.

Paul grieves for Israel rather than standing apart in judgement – and asks what it would cost us to stop pointing the finger only outward.

When grief leaves us wordless and a hard parable unsettles us, Jesus promises that nothing – not even death – can separate us from God’s love.

Being “inclusive” doesn’t end the old habit of exclusion – it just relocates it. Jesus offers a different yoke instead.

In a world ruled by suspicion and blame, the gospel announces an abundance that was never earned and cannot run out.

Confused feelings in the aftermath of the Bondi massacre are a window into the ongoing need for healing and transformation in our own hearts.

Hope is a courageous and active stance towards life which is nourished in those who attend to the voice of God in Scripture.

The life-changing implications of the resurrection can be just as bewildering and impossible to get our heads around as the resurrection itself.

God’s offer of unlimited forgiveness creates a new world in which we are free to stop judging one another and turning on one another and spiralling into violence and hatred.