Blindness is these passages is not only about eyes, but about the heart. Sight is not just vision but trust. Christ, our Good Shepherd, leads us through the valleys of confusion, suffering and doubt.
The World Day of Prayer on 6 March invites us to notice something we often forget: prayer isn’t only an individual spiritual practice; it’s a communal act.
As we continue in Lent, we comes to John's masterful story of the raising of Lazarus. What a journey this passage takes us on, which holds within it all the reality of human suffering and death and leads us on, towards Jesus' own death on the cross. If we look beyond the obvious, this passage also challenges us in the ways we bind up, rather than liberate for life in its fullness.
The woman at well encountered Jesus. They had a rich and transformational conversation. Her life would never be the same. How are the conversations you have with God or about God going?
As the Christian season of Lent begins today, congregations and faith communities are being invited to take part in the annual Lent Event 2026.
For Rev. Dr. Peter Walker, the heart of the Uniting Church is found in its congregations. It is there, he says, that God’s work in the world is lived out quietly and faithfully.