Liturgies
Sunday, November 26th
Defined by Doing
Narelle shares about how for the majority of her life she had defined her life by doing. She reflects on the saying “ If you are what you do then when you can’t then you aren’t. As she matures she has discovered a new way of Being and that it is ‘to notice’. It appeals to her doing nature. She is discovering the art of noticing. Imagine how different the world would be if we truly noticed what was really happening.
Tuesday, November 14th
Good Communication is the Key to Social Justice
Lyndal speaks about how communication is the key to empowerment and sustainability, and how communication is a right which is the key to the rest of the rights of life in society. And that is why she is a speech therapist today.
Friday, November 3rd
Reflecting on the 500th Anniversary of Martin Luther's Theses
Noel Preston reflects as a Co-lapsing Protestant Catholic on the 500th Anniversary of Martin Luther's 95 theses being nail to the door of the Wittenberg Cathedral.
Monday, October 9th
Jesus in a Post-Christian World
David reflects on who Jesus is for him and the community of SMX.
Friday, July 21st
Spirit Journey into the Heart of Australia
At the beginning of June I was fortunate enough to be able to attend a ‘Spirit Journey’ out at Alice Springs. I was doubly fortunate that we only had a group of 6 participants on...
Tuesday, May 30th
Walking a hidden treasure The Larapinta Trail in Central Australia
In 2016 Tim Easton walked 224km in 15 days of the Larapinta Trail in West MacDonnell Ranges, Central Australia. Tim shared something of this wonderful adventure with us. This is an extraordinarily ancient section of our...
Thursday, April 27th
International Mother Earth Day
The United Nations’ International Mother Earth Day, 22nd April 2017, has thetheme Environmental and Climate Literacy. It is being celebrated this yearto remind us that the Earth and its ecosystems give us life andsustenance.We are...
Thursday, April 6th
Wabi-Sabi
“Wabi Sabi is about the beauty of things imperfect, impermanent & incomplete.” says Leonard Koren, American artist and aesthetics expert and writer. “There is beauty in transience, the perishable, the impermanent’’. Already as a child we are...
Thursday, April 6th
Bread and Roses
Last Wednesday was International Women’s Day; a day to remember women’s contribution to the advancement of humanity. It was declared by the United Nations in 1975. It may surprise some to know that such a day...
Thursday, April 6th
Times when people paused
Last year I visited the WWI battlefields in Northern France and also my homeland in Ireland. My story about death is about a young British soldier. 100 years ago the world was in the grip of...