Alison and the whale
Discover how Biblical stories speak into modern lives, politics and culture
Episodes
Sunday Apr 03, 2022
What would you give?
Sunday Apr 03, 2022
Sunday Apr 03, 2022
Why would anyone pour a years' wages into Christ?
Sunday Mar 27, 2022
”But he was still hungry”: A story for Second Peoples
Sunday Mar 27, 2022
Sunday Mar 27, 2022
Re-telling a tale of two brothers.
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
The mother hen
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
The power of Christ is seen in a mother hen: warm, vulnerable, disarming.
Sunday Mar 06, 2022
If you are God’s child ...
Sunday Mar 06, 2022
Sunday Mar 06, 2022
Jesus' resistance to the devil is grounded in knowing himself beloved.
Sunday Feb 20, 2022
Enemy-love: A communal task
Sunday Feb 20, 2022
Sunday Feb 20, 2022
Alone, few of us can love our enemies; but in loving community, we can do it.
Sunday Feb 13, 2022
Blessed are those on JobSeeker or NDIS
Sunday Feb 13, 2022
Sunday Feb 13, 2022
Jesus invites us to walk down the mountain to a level playing field, where all may be healed.
Sunday Feb 06, 2022
Isaiah | Awe, wonder and the threat of love
Sunday Feb 06, 2022
Sunday Feb 06, 2022
An encounter with God means an encounter with love: and that can be truly terrifying.
Sunday Jan 30, 2022
Jeremiah | The gift of God’s word in a world turned upside down
Sunday Jan 30, 2022
Sunday Jan 30, 2022
Like Jeremiah, we are all given God’s words to comfort, challenge and console. A reflection for back-to-school Sunday, in a region where Covid is raging and teaching will be face to face.
Friday Dec 24, 2021
Luke | A story of family
Friday Dec 24, 2021
Friday Dec 24, 2021
Jesus is born into an ever-expanding family, into which we are all invited.
Sunday Dec 12, 2021
Mary: Prophetic, intelligent, unafraid
Sunday Dec 12, 2021
Sunday Dec 12, 2021
Portrayals of Mary tend to the aristocratic, the submissive, the vapid; but the gospel reveals an intelligent woman who stands in the prophetic tradition.