Australians are pretty ordinary at giving to charities and the church is no exception. Mark records the story of a widow giving her last two pennies to God to remind us that Jesus lays claim upon everything we have and are. This is freedom.

Have you ever wondered what the purpose of your life is? What is the main thing you are supposed to be doing? A legal expert of Jesus' day asks him this question and then responds very warmly to his answer.

This world is a dangerous place. The blinding effects of sin, the hiddenness of people's agendas and the strident nature of Christianity's opponents remind us that we need to be careful. In this passage of Mark two groups of people try to trap the untrappable Jesus and are left red faced.

Pride always brings trouble and division - there are no exceptions. Peter explains the trouble that pride caused in the parable of the tenants and describes how God subverts human pride.

Every angry person thinks that their anger is justified and every angry person thinks that it is everyone else's fault that they are angry. Almost all anger makes people blind, stupid and self-righteous. Today Peter looks at someone who was angry and didn't blow it - Jesus.