Caro shows how the writer of the Gospel of John relates the place of God's glory and exultation to the cross. We also look at what the metaphor of the cross as the throne of God might have to offer us in our spiritual lives.

Caro looks at the image of the cross as a divine magnet working in two ways: drawing all people to God, and acting as a magnetic force for the powers to be drawn to and defeated.

Caro suggests some ways we can approach this passage, and focuses on how each of the temptations Jesus faced are temptations for Jesus to be 'more than human' which he resists.

Trigger Warning: towards the end of this message Caro shared how she struggles with the interplay of the promises of God to protect us alongside the reality that people do experience sexual violence/rape.

In the 15th Century Erasmus translated the word 'logos' in John 1 as 'conversation'. Bouncing out of the creativity of this, Caro talks about how the Divine Conversation is always happening in and around us. This week she unpacks all the ways we can speak as a way of joining this conversation.

This week Oran looks at the Temptations of Christ through the lens of how Jesus fulfills the Old Testament.

In the 15th Century Erasmus translated the word 'logos' in John 1 as 'conversation'. Bouncing out of the creativity of this, Caro talks about how the Divine Conversation is always happening in and around us. This week she unpacks what it is to listen in to that conversation.

Because Covid is still disrupting ordinary life and our church gatherings in some ways, Caro created some short videos to communicate all kinds of church info for 2022 so that everybody could view or listen to it. This episode is the audio taken from those videos.

Caro carries on from last week, inviting us to look broader than the immediate so we can see the presence and activity of God in our lives, inviting us into faithful following and transformation.

Caro reflects on how her experience of lockdown caused her to be hyper-focused on the immediate, and how she came to realise the gift of discipleship is that we live with an awareness of the story God is writing in the world, and the story He is crafting in our lives – one with a beginning and a future that goes beyond all that we’re feeling, seeing and understanding in any given moment.

During lockdown Lynda has been prompted to think about her purpose...what is God doing in her life, and how she might outwork that in the world around her. Caro has a chat with Lynda about what she's been thinking, and together they reflect on how the ideas of 'calling' and 'purpose' have changed for them over the years, both personally and in church.