advent reflections

“Look I am going to send my messenger in front of you to prepare your way before you”. Luke 7:24-30 Like John the Baptist, all great […]

“…Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?” Luke 7:19-23 2000 years later and we are still asking the same […]

He answered, ‘I will, sir,’ but he did not go Matthew 21:28-32 When I collaborated with my darling wife, Sandee, on this Gospel, she remarked that […]

There can be no compromise with Jesus’ authority. Matthew 21: 23-27 There can be no compromise with Jesus’ authority – he is Truth incarnate. The coming […]

What must I do? Luke 3:10-18 With the expected coming of the Messiah, there is urgency to put things right.  Repentance is the way to the […]

Let us put a Question to Jesus…. Matthew 17:9a, 10-13 There is a movement in this Gospel passage that runs parallel to one of its substantive […]

Our challenge is to create the appropriate balance for austerity and celebration in our lives. Matthew 11: 16 – 19. Jesus found it necessary to compare […]

‘A greater than John the Baptist has never been seen.’ Matthew 11:11-15 Today Jesus pays his cousin a high, public compliment: “A greater than John the […]