Worship Reflections on Psalms
26 October 2025
Even the hard pathways … MUC Fellowship@10, 26 October 2025 Alison Sampson, reflecting on Psalm 65 Back in the 1800’s, a vast swamp and river basin in Toronto were covered over. The wetlands were buried eight metres deep in dirt and gravel so that the city could expand. In the 1920’s, the river itself was re-routed into a concrete channel, so its path could be fixed and the area even more heavily industrialised. Factories poured their waste into the river;…
19 October 2025
Our persistence, God’s justice MUC Fellowship@10, 19 October 2025 Alison Sampson, reflecting on Luke 18:1-8 Once upon a time, long, long ago, there was a war on. Authorities were concerned that power stations might be bombed, and with them, the people who lived nearby. So, along with many other children, a little boy was evacuated from his home near the power station at Yallourn, and sent to live in Bendigo. At his new primary school, he sat next to a…
7 September 2025
MY GRANDPARENTS’ BREAKFAST TABLE Alison Sampson, MUC Fellowship@10, 7 September 2025 (Psalm 1) My grandparents’ breakfast room opened off the kitchen. It had a brown sideboard, brown scratchy chairs and a brown shag pile carpet. Whenever my sister and I stayed with them, we participated in their morning ritual. First, we held hands and said grace. Then my sister and I would gobble up our breakfasts while our grandparents were still fussing around assembling theirs. Cornflakes. Sultanas. Bran. A bit…