Lent, as always, gives us opportunity to take stock, reflect, pray, and undertake a discipline which enhances our Christian life for an...
Glimpses of God Glimpses of God in gold autumnal trees,Now rustling in cool equinoctial breeze;In the friendly face of...
Join us via Facebook or Zoom for a simple service of Night Prayer through Lent, led by members of our Worship Team at St John's. The...
A Soup Lunch and Discussion Group around Bradley Jersak's book Out Of The Embers - Faith after the great deconstruction. To book a...
An online Discussion Group around Bradley Jersak's book Out Of The Embers - Faith after the great deconstruction. It will take place on...
The first time I heard Gregori Allegri's Misere Mei Deus was on Ash Wednesday Morning in the College Chapel at my Theological School,...
I have said many times, I love weddings. It has been my privilege over the past twenty seven or so years to officate at hundreds of...
When I was eighteen years old, and at the end of my twelfth year of school, I entered into my first romantic relationship. Our...
A submission today from Parishioner and Artist Sara Chu " About twenty years ago, Tim and I took a minibus trip through the Australian...
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A contribution from another Parishioner at St John's for today - a song lyric from 'The Celtic Women" submitted by Terry Needham, PC...
More glimpses from Artist and St John's Parishioner, Sara Chu I love reading books about quantum physics although I do not...
I get glimpses of the Divine in a lot, and wide variety, of music - sometimes because of the beauty of a composition, or the depth of...
It was 11:20am on September 27th, 2021, and I’d just arrived at St. John’s from Victoria General Hospital. My beloved Nana, Iris, six...
Over the course of pandemic I have had the opportunity to connect with more members of the Street Community than I ever did before....
I've tried hard not to overload the community of St John the Divine, or my friends, or family, with stories of my sabbatical - it was a...
Ordination day! To the Diaconate, that is - I’m sure I’ll write about my Priesting too, because there were definitely “Glimpses of...
At the entrance of our 'Walking Together Chapel' (previously known as The Emmaus Chapel) we have an artwork entitled Grandmother Moon...
Poetry does it's own talking - no need for a reflection on this! Unfold Your Own Myth by Rumi Who gets up earlyto discover the moment...
Anyone who has heard me talk about my time in Mombasa will have heard me talking repeatedly and excitedly about Matatu. In the...