We live our moments determined by our context. Our context also determines what we think about God and how we behave. People think they understand the 'God context' - until they meet Jesus who turns everything upside down!

Yes, there is a First Article of the Apostles' Creed!

Depressive disorders and mental illness need to come out into the light more.

The Lutheran Reformation is a 16th century event which still impacts today as our spiritual disaster response. Will we respond?

Well, there is the needle! There is also truth that it is a good way to serve our neighbour in public health.

We live in congregations – specific localities – and yet we say in the Creed all the time that the Church is global. We diminish the Church when we emphasise one over against the other – so finding good ways of living in the tension is part of being the Christian Church.

Life and living is truly a gift. But that thought implies a giver. As harvests come and go, that thought never goes away. What else might a harvest thanksgiving reveal?

Any history of a group of Christians reveals both the local and also the historical – a past which reminds us that we never 'create' Christianity or the Faith – we only receive it – to be lived and to be passed on faithfully.

Our world is an amazing place and the journeys we can take in our minds likewise. And God is with us in both!

The question of silence and personal engagement in worship is a topic that arises from time to time. A few thoughts this week.