Dear friends,

“What a year this week has been!”

This was a meme I saw on Facebook – one amongst many that seek to express the bewilderment people are experiencing. Things are changing around us at a rate that seems to leave us with increasing uncertainty, and possibly fear and anxiety. We can be left reeling when we consider that only a few days ago we were still allowed to gather at a café or restaurant and for worship, even if there were some new rules about numbers and how close we could sit next to each other. Now walking down the street the cafes seem like empty shells, with forlorn staff members wistfully watching passersby, hoping someone will come in to order a takeaway coffee.

For looking after ourselves. For looking after each other. For making choices for the marathon, not the sprint.

Rev. Bill Crews was on the The Project last night to discuss how The Loaves & Fishes Restaurant at Ashfield Uniting Church is managing to keep serving free meals to folks sleeping rough during this trying and unprecedented time.

Rev. Simon Hansford, Moderator of Synod NSW & ACT speaks about what it means to be Church in the midst of the COVID-19 epidemic.

Rev. Andrew Johnson, UNSW Chaplain & Minister at Hope Uniting Church talks about a few practical ways that he approaches prayer.

Dear friends,

“All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.”

― Julian of Norwich

Which leads me into the quote that I usually also attribute to Julian of Norwich, however the reliable source of all information (Google) tells me it was actually John Lennon:

“All will be well in the end. If all is not well, it is not the end.”